The impact of gender on risk perception: Implications for EU member states’ national risk assessment processes
Brown, Gavin D.ORCID: 0000-0003-2555-4192, Largey, AnnORCID: 0000-0001-6408-4053 and McMullan, CarolineORCID: 0000-0002-4229-5690
(2021)
The impact of gender on risk perception: Implications for EU member states’ national risk assessment processes.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 63
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ISSN 2212-4209
This study examined the influence of gender on individual risk perception. The analysis covered 17 involuntary risks and examined the effects of gender on three dimensions - likelihood, impact and overall risk rating. The results showed that while the magnitude and significance of the gender coefficients varied by risk, a general pattern was apparent: females judged involuntary risks as being more likely, having a greater impact, or having a higher overall risk rating than their male counterparts. The impact rating for Fire was the one significant exception to this pattern. These findings highlight how the composition of National Risk Assessment (NRA) focus groups may impact the outputs from Ireland’s NRA process and the importance of EU Member States ensuring gender representation within NRA focus groups.
Metadata
Item Type:
Article (Published)
Refereed:
Yes
Additional Information:
Article number:102452
Supplementary data to this article can be found online at https://doi.
org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102452.
Uncontrolled Keywords:
Risk perception; risk assessment; Gender; Involuntary risks; EU National risk assessment.