Fishing in urban New Jersey: Ethnicity affects information sources, perception, and compliance
Fishing in urban New Jersey: Ethnicity affects information sources, perception, and compliance
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1539-6924.1999.tb00401.x
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发表时间：
1999-04-01
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3.8
通讯作者：
Von Hagen, S
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作者：
Burger, J;Pflugh, KK;Von Hagen, S
休闲和自给自足钓鱼是北美大部分地区城市文化的重要方面，那里的人集中在海岸或主要河流附近。然而，许多河口、河流和湖泊都有鱼类和贝类的建议，但这些建议并不总是得到重视。本文调查了在纽约-新泽西港纽瓦克湾综合体捕鱼的人的捕鱼行为、信息来源、感知和对捕鱼建议的遵守情况，作为种族的函数。我们测试了零假设，即在信息来源、对鱼类消费安全性的看法以及对建议的遵从性方面没有种族差异。在消费率、关于捕鱼的信息来源、关于鱼的安全的知识、对捕鱼建议或正确建议的认识以及关于增加癌症风险的知识以及对未出生儿童和幼儿的认识方面存在种族差异。总体而言，拉美裔的知识基础要低得多，黑人的知识基础中等，白人的知识基础最高。当看到一份关于吃鱼的潜在风险的声明时，他们在停止吃鱼或鼓励孕妇停止吃鱼的意愿方面没有区别。这些结果表明，无论种族如何，都愿意遵守建议，但在做出关于鱼类和贝类安全的知情风险决定所需的基础知识方面存在巨大差异。尽管人口的总体收入中位数水平在25,000-34,999美元之间，但拉美裔美国人的收入水平在15,000-24,499美元和25,000-34,999美元之间。
Recreational and subsistence angling are important aspects of urban culture for much of North America where people are concentrated near the coasts or major rivers. Yet there are fish and shellfish advisories for many estuaries, rivers, and lakes, and these are not always heeded. This paper examines fishing behavior, sources of information, perceptions, and compliance with fishing advisories as a function of ethnicity for people fishing in the Newark Bay Complex of the New York-New Jersey Harbor. We test the null hypothesis that there were no ethnic differences in sources of information, perceptions of the safety of fish consumption, and compliance with advisories. There were ethnic differences in consumption rates, sources of information about fishing, knowledge about the safety of the fish, awareness of fishing advisories or of the correct advisories, and knowledge about risks for increased cancer and to unborn and young children. In general, the knowledge base was much lower for Hispanics, was intermediate for blacks, and was greatest for whites. When presented with a statement about the potential risks from eating fish, there were no differences in their willingness to stop eating fish or to encourage pregnant women to stop. These results indicate a willingness to comply with advisories regardless of ethnicity, but a vast difference in the base knowledge necessary to make informed risk decisions about the safety of fish and shellfish. Although the overall median income level of the population was in the $25,000-34,999 income category, for Hispanics it was on the border between $15,000-24,499 and $25,000-34,999.