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Societal Risk as Seen by the French Public

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  • C. Karpowicz‐Lazreg
  • E. Mullet

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Mean risk magnitude judgments expressed by French students on 90 hazardous activities are reported and compared with findings on American, Hungarian, and Norwegian samples. In many respects, rating of perceived risk in the French sample is highly comparable to rating in American subjects. American and French people tend to share the same preoccupations to the same extent. The only major differences concern hallucinatory drugs and oral contraceptives. The Norwegians and French ratings differ much more. Norwegians and French people generally have the same preoccupations (which make Norwegian ratings the best predictor of French ratings) but not to the same extent. The French are much more concerned with a whole series of activities connected to violence, the implementation of high technology or agricultural technology. However, like the Norwegians, the French are extremely concerned about the spread of hallucinogenic drugs. The Hungarian and French ratings differ on practically all instances, except on basic activities or substances in all industrialized nations (caffeine, motorcycles, …). Differences were observed within the French sample itself. Women more than men consider that home appliances in general and large‐scale public transportation are potentially dangerous. Science students more than art students tend to fear a certain number of medical techniques and a certain number of toxic substances (e.g., smoking).

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  • C. Karpowicz‐Lazreg & E. Mullet, 1993. "Societal Risk as Seen by the French Public," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 13(3), pages 253-258, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:riskan:v:13:y:1993:i:3:p:253-258
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1993.tb01076.x
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