Risk area residents' perceptions and adoption of seismic hazard adjustments

Residents of 2 geographical regions-one with a high seismic hazard and the other with a moderate seismic hazard-rated 16 hazard adjustments on 7 attributes and reported their adoption intention and actual adoption of those adjustments. There were only small and generally nonsignificant differences between the 2 locations in adjustments' attribute ratings, adoption intention, and actual adjustment, but there were significant differences among adjustments on all of these measures. Perceptions of hazard-related adjustment attributes were correlated significantly with adoption intention and actual adjustment, but perceptions of resource-related attributes were not.