Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1958, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2012 Apr;102(4):651-6. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300434. Epub 2012 Feb 16.
To better understand why some people worry more about terrorism compared with others, we measured how much US residents worried about a terrorist event in their area and examined the association of their fears with their concerns about acute and chronic hazards and other correlates.
In 2008 (n = 600) and 2010 (n = 651), we performed a random-digit dialing national landline telephone survey. We asked about worries about terrorism and 5 other environmental health hazard issues. We also collected demographic and socioeconomic data.
Only 15% worried "a great deal" about a terrorist event in their area and 18% to 33% were greatly concerned about other environmental issues. Fear about acute hazard events was a stronger predictor of a great deal of concern about terrorism than were age, race/ethnicity, gender, educational achievement, and other correlates.
Those who worried most about acute environmental health hazard events were most likely to worry about terrorism. Also, those who were older, poorer, Blacks, or Latinos, or who lived in populous urban areas felt they were most vulnerable to terrorist attacks. We recommend methods to involve US citizens as part of disaster planning.
为了更好地理解为什么有些人比其他人更担心恐怖主义，我们衡量了美国居民对其所在地区恐怖事件的担忧程度，并研究了他们的恐惧与对急性和慢性危害及其他相关因素的关联。
在 2008 年（n = 600）和 2010 年（n = 651），我们进行了一项随机拨号全国固定电话调查。我们询问了对恐怖主义和其他 5 个环境健康危害问题的担忧。我们还收集了人口统计学和社会经济数据。
只有 15%的人“非常担心”他们所在地区发生恐怖事件，18%至 33%的人非常关注其他环境问题。对急性危害事件的恐惧是对恐怖主义高度关注的一个更强的预测因素，而年龄、种族/族裔、性别、教育程度和其他相关因素则不是。
那些最担心急性环境健康危害事件的人最有可能担心恐怖主义。此外，年龄较大、较贫穷、黑人或拉丁裔人，或居住在人口稠密的城市地区的人认为自己最容易受到恐怖袭击的影响。我们建议采取一些方法，让美国公民作为灾害规划的一部分参与进来。
