リスク意識と国民性に関する調査研究 : 日本人と中国人

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In order to study various risks and people’s responses, we conducted aset of questionnaire surveys at a Chinese university（Dalian）and a Japaneseuniversity（Hikone）in 2006 and 2008. The purpose of those surveyswas to analyze and compare the distributions of risk perceptionsamong people from personal and public points of view in the two countries. We obtained the following empirical results among others. （1）Concerningthe relationship between personal and public risks, the distributionmaps in the U.S.（Hirose et at., 1992―93）and in Japan（this paper,2006 & 2008）were quire analogous, whereas those in Japan（1992―93）and in China（2006）were considerably similar.（2）In those years from1992 to 2008, Japanese risk perceptions underwent marked changes towardsthe American type.（3）The fact that the Chinese people privatelygave a much lower risk grade to atomic power plant than the Japanesepeople was quite interesting, presumably being explained by political and informational factors.In conclusion, an empirical study in risk perception and social cultureis now gaining popularity among social scientists over the world. Furtherdiscussions on the relationship between risk and culture would be left for future research.