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Table 5 Answers to the question "How did you hear or learn the word tsunami?"

From: Perception of the risk of tsunami in a context of high-level risk assessment and management: the case of the fjord Lyngen in Norway

Country

Norway (n=101)

France (n=400)

Italy (n=148)

Portugal (n=133)

Spain (n=175)

Turkey (n=416)

Total (n=1373)

Information sources

% Obs.

% Obs.

% Obs.

% Obs.

% Obs.

% Obs.

% Obs.

Television

70.3

76.8

64.9

52.6

62.9

59.9

65.8

Media coverage after a tsunami

9.9

33

39.2

14.3

61.7

55.8

40.7

School

12.9

15

20.3

51.1

19.4

22.6

21.8

Internet

1

3.8

11.5

6.8

7.4

13

7.9

Radio

3

10

4.7

5.3

10.3

4.6

6.8

Books

0

3

4.1

8.3

2.9

7

4.6

Personal studies

1

8.2

2

1.5

1.1

4.3

4.3

Films

0

1.8

2

1.5

4.6

9.1

4.2

Other sources

5.9

3.5

1.4

0

2.3

2.9

2.8

Family

1

1

5.4

3

4.6

2.2

2.5

Public information

2

1.8

1.4

3.8

0

3.1

2.1

Travels

1

3.5

0

1.5

0

0.7

1.5

No answer

4

0

0

0

0

0.5

0.4

Word "tsunami" never heard

0

0

0

1.5

0

0.7

0.4

  1. Source: ASTARTE survey