Scientists’ views about lay perceptions of volcanic hazard and risk

Table 3 Percentages for different nominal categories representing comparisons between scientists’ perception of local people’s views regarding the eruption impacts variables

Impact variable	Locals view impact/effectiveness as greater	Locals same as scientists	Locals view impact/effectiveness as lower	Wilcoxon T
Likely damage	17	23	49	284 p < 0.001
Likely loss of life without evacuation	16	27	58	341 p < 0.001
Necessity of temporary evacuation	7	28	65	149 p < 0.001
Necessity of permanent evacuation	11	24	66	202 p < 0.001
Effectiveness of warning plans	17	38	45	271 p < 0.001
Effectiveness of evacuation plans	19	33	48	379 p < 0.001

For example, 17% of scientists thought that local people thought that the likely damage from an eruption would be greater than the scientists themselves thought.

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