Public response to the rare earth industries in Malaysia

This paper provides a detailed analysis of public response to the rare earth industry in Malaysia. House-to-house interview was conducted in 2013 (N=1097). Males were more acceptable of the RE industry compared to female (p<0.05) and the government workers were less acceptable of the risk (p<....

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Main Authors: Hassan, Azman, Tengku Ismail , Tengku Hanidza, Saari, Mohd Yusof, Abu Samah, Mohd Armi
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Published: Elsevier 2015
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spelling iium-461362015-12-16T14:07:23Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/46136/ Public response to the rare earth industries in Malaysia Hassan, Azman Tengku Ismail , Tengku Hanidza Saari, Mohd Yusof Abu Samah, Mohd Armi GE Environmental Sciences This paper provides a detailed analysis of public response to the rare earth industry in Malaysia. House-to-house interview was conducted in 2013 (N=1097). Males were more acceptable of the RE industry compared to female (p<0.05) and the government workers were less acceptable of the risk (p<.0.05). Only 7.02% of the respondents reported that they will not accept the RE industry. The principle component analysis on 11 risk perception attributes identified three factors: Risk, Benefit, No government confidence and newness. Multiple regression analysis indicated that public acceptance of the RE industry could significantly be predicted by the ‘Risk’ and ‘Benefit’ factors. Elsevier 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/46136/1/Public_Response.pdf Hassan, Azman and Tengku Ismail , Tengku Hanidza and Saari, Mohd Yusof and Abu Samah, Mohd Armi (2015) Public response to the rare earth industries in Malaysia. Procedia Environmental Sciences, 30. pp. 62-67. ISSN 1878-0296
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Hassan, Azman
Tengku Ismail , Tengku Hanidza
Saari, Mohd Yusof
Abu Samah, Mohd Armi
Public response to the rare earth industries in Malaysia
description This paper provides a detailed analysis of public response to the rare earth industry in Malaysia. House-to-house interview was conducted in 2013 (N=1097). Males were more acceptable of the RE industry compared to female (p<0.05) and the government workers were less acceptable of the risk (p<.0.05). Only 7.02% of the respondents reported that they will not accept the RE industry. The principle component analysis on 11 risk perception attributes identified three factors: Risk, Benefit, No government confidence and newness. Multiple regression analysis indicated that public acceptance of the RE industry could significantly be predicted by the ‘Risk’ and ‘Benefit’ factors.
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author Hassan, Azman
Tengku Ismail , Tengku Hanidza
Saari, Mohd Yusof
Abu Samah, Mohd Armi
author_facet Hassan, Azman
Tengku Ismail , Tengku Hanidza
Saari, Mohd Yusof
Abu Samah, Mohd Armi
author_sort Hassan, Azman
title Public response to the rare earth industries in Malaysia
title_short Public response to the rare earth industries in Malaysia
title_full Public response to the rare earth industries in Malaysia
title_fullStr Public response to the rare earth industries in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Public response to the rare earth industries in Malaysia
title_sort public response to the rare earth industries in malaysia
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/46136/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/46136/1/Public_Response.pdf
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