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UNCLASSIFIEDDOC REPORT BIBLIOGRAPHY SEARCH CONTROL NO /iLMML7AD-724 727 lb/3104A STATE UNIV AMES DEPT OF SOCIOLOGY ANDANTHROPoLoGYTHE HOME FALLOUT PROTECTION SURVEY ANDRESULTING CHANGES IN SHELTER ADOPTION,SUMMARY REPORT* (U)DeSCRIPTIVE NOTE: FINAL REPTe,SEP 70 S&P YARBROUGHPAUL iKLONGLAN,GERALD Ee IREPT. NO. RURAL SOCIOLOGY-b5ACONTRACT: DAHC20-67-C-Ol23PROJ: OCD-98IIEUNCLASSIFIED REPORTSUPPLEMENTARY NOTE: REPORT ON SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES INCIVIL DEFENSE. PREPARED IN COOPERATION 6ITH IONAAGRICULTURAL AND HOME ECONOMICS EXPERIMENTSTATION, PRO.ECT 1529. SEE ALSO APPENDICES, aD-724 728.DESCRIPTORS: (*CIVIL DEFENSE SYSTEMS, ATTITUDES),WUESTIONNAIRES, REVIEWS, IOWA (U)IoENTIFIEkS; SURVEYS, HOME FALLOUT PROTECTION (U)THE STUoY INVESTIGATED RESPONSES MADE BY ADULTS INDES MOINES, IOWA, TO THE HOME FALLOUTPROTECTION SURVEY (HFPS)s A PANEL OF 308PER$ONS WERE INTERVIEWED BEFORE AND AFTER HFPS.THE AUDIENCE WAS FOUND TO HAVE RESPONDED QUITEFAVORABLY IN TERMS OF ATTENTION GIVEN MFPSMESSAGES, ATTITUDINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE PROGRAM ANDCHANGE IN ADOPTION OF PUBLIC AND HOME FALLOUTSHELTERS. OVER 66 PERCENT WERE AWARE OF THEPRO6RAM AND NEARLY 30 PERCENT READ AT LEAST SOME OFTHE HFPS BOOKLET. COMBINED ADOPTION OF HOME ANDPUBLIC SHELTERS Irm.REASED FROM 26 PERCENT OF A66HOUSEHOLDS BEFORE HFPS TO 44 PERCENT AFTERWARDS.HOdEVERs COMPREHENSION OF SUCH KEY CONCEPTS ASsPROTECTION FACTOR, AND 'ADDED WEIGHT* WAS QUITE LOWAND CONSTITUTED ONE OF fHE hEAKEST LINKS IN THEPROGRAM. THE DISPOSITIONAL MODEL DID NOT HOiD AELLIN PREDICTING ATTENTION TO HFPS, BUT DID HOLD INPREDICTING COMPREHENSION AND ACCEPTANCE RESPONSES.THE USE OF PANEL METHODOLOGY WAb FOUND TOCONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANT BIAS TO THE ODSERVED RESPONSETO tFPSe (AUTHOR)(U)139UNCLASSIFIED/ZMML?