Korea Intelligence | Risk Management
Public Safety Barometer, 1H 2016 On August 18, the Ministry of Public Safety and Security (MPSS) issued the results of its “social safety barometer” (국민안전 체감도) for 1H 2016. In 1H 2016, adult respondents averaged 2.79 in terms of how safe they felt (note that safety is measured on a 0-5 scale, with “0” being completely unsafe, and “5” being completely safe), down from 2.97 in 2H 2015. A series of highly publicized incidents in the spring of 2016 likely influenced the decline.
General adult citizens’ sense of safety appears to have been influenced by several highly publicized safety incidents this last spring, with a continuous decline from April to June. In general, adult respondents appeared to be most confident in their safety regarding natural disasters, with traffic accidents in a distant second. Respondents felt the least safe when it came to dealing with new infectious diseases. Note that multiple answers were ranked, with the below figures representing respondents’ first and second choices (the fields which they considered the most and second most safe).
Data MPSS, Chart and Translation KBLA
Data MPSS, Chart and Translation KBLA
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