Archive | 2019
International Comparative Surveys in Risk Perception Research: Data Sets, Construction of Questionnaires, and Analytical Dimensions
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the construction and measurement of risk perception items in international comparative surveys (e.g. International Social Survey Programme (ISSP), Gallup World Polls, Eurobarometer) and provides a comprehensive review of available open access data sets. The chapter reviews and discusses how risk perception is worded in different questionnaires, what measurement scales are used, and how this relates to more general methodological concerns about the construction of rating scales.