The effect of subjective risk on health behavior and determinants of subjective risk perception

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20830070
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Applied economics
Research Institution	Yokohama City University
Principal Investigator	NAKAMURA Sayaka Yokohama City University, 国際総合科学部, 准教授 (20511603)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,586,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,220,000、Indirect Cost: ¥366,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥546,000 (Direct Cost: ¥420,000、Indirect Cost: ¥126,000) Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords	主観確率 / リスク認識 / 避妊
Research Abstract	Contraceptive behavior is a part of health behavior, and plays a crucial role in reducing artificial abortion, promoting health of mothers and their children via family planning, and preventing sexually transmitted diseases. This study shows that subjective risk, i. e., suhlective perception of indviduals regarding various risks and benefits of each method, is an important determinant of birth control choice by Japanese women. It also finds that contraceptive choice varies with indivindual characteristics, and the variation can be at least partly explained by the difference in subjective probabity by individual chararcteristics.

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