FAMILY ADOPTION OF PUBLIC FALLOUT SHELTERS

Abstract

There are three general objectives of the research presented in this report: (1) to develop an analytical frame of reference which can be used for planning, implementing, and evaluating civil defense programs which have as their primary objective the obtaining of the adoption of new ideas, innovations, or programs by individuals in specified target audiences; (2) to determine the extent to which a sample of people has adopted the idea of using public fallout shelters if there is a nuclear attack; (3) to determine the relationship between selected demographic, knowledge, attitude, and information variables and the adoption of the idea of using public fallout shelters if there is a nuclear attack.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1944
Accession Number
AD0603125

Entities

People

  • George M. Beal
  • Gerald E. Klonglan
  • Joe M. Bohlen

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Defense
  • Databases
  • Defense Systems
  • Demography
  • Education
  • Fallout Shelters
  • Families (Human)
  • Governments
  • Mass Media
  • Mental Processes
  • National Governments
  • Nuclear Fallout
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Political Systems
  • Statistical Tests
  • Surveys
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Organizational Psychology.