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Factors Affecting Parent’s Perception on Air Quality—From the Individual to the Community Level

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  • Yulin Guo

    (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China
    Global Health Institute, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China)

  • Fengfeng Liu

    (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China
    Global Health Institute, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China)

  • Yuanan Lu

    (Global Health Institute, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China
    Environmental Health Laboratory, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, 1960 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA)

  • Zongfu Mao

    (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China
    Global Health Institute, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China)

  • Hanson Lu

    (International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, Wuhan Foreign Languages School, Wan Song Yuan Road, Wuhan 430022, China)

  • Yanyan Wu

    (Environmental Health Laboratory, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, 1960 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA)

  • Yuanyuan Chu

    (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China
    Global Health Institute, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China)

  • Lichen Yu

    (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China
    Global Health Institute, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China)

  • Yisi Liu

    (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China)

  • Meng Ren

    (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China)

  • Na Li

    (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China)

  • Xi Chen

    (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China)

  • Hao Xiang

    (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China
    Global Health Institute, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China)

Abstract

The perception of air quality significantly affects the acceptance of the public of the government’s environmental policies. The aim of this research is to explore the relationship between the perception of the air quality of parents and scientific monitoring data and to analyze the factors that affect parents’ perceptions. Scientific data of air quality were obtained from Wuhan’s environmental condition reports. One thousand parents were investigated for their knowledge and perception of air quality. Scientific data show that the air quality of Wuhan follows an improving trend in general, while most participants believed that the air quality of Wuhan has deteriorated, which indicates a significant difference between public perception and reality. On the individual level, respondents with an age of 40 or above (40 or above: OR = 3.252; 95% CI: 1.170–9.040), a higher educational level (college and above: OR = 7.598; 95% CI: 2.244–25.732) or children with poor healthy conditions (poor: OR = 6.864; 95% CI: 2.212–21.302) have much more negative perception of air quality. On the community level, industrial facilities, vehicles and city construction have major effects on parents’ perception of air quality. Our investigation provides baseline information for environmental policy researchers and makers regarding the public’s perception and expectation of air quality and the benefits to the environmental policy completing and enforcing.

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  • Yulin Guo & Fengfeng Liu & Yuanan Lu & Zongfu Mao & Hanson Lu & Yanyan Wu & Yuanyuan Chu & Lichen Yu & Yisi Liu & Meng Ren & Na Li & Xi Chen & Hao Xiang, 2016. "Factors Affecting Parent’s Perception on Air Quality—From the Individual to the Community Level," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-14, May.
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