Effect of personal and situational variables on noise annoyance: With special reference to implications for en route noise. Final report

Technical Report · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:6611954

Over 680 publications from 282 social surveys of residents' reactions to environmental noise have been examined to locate 495 published findings on 26 topics concerning non-noise explanations for residents' reactions to environmental noise. This report (1) tabulates the evidence on the 26 response topics, (2) identifies the 495 findings, and (3) discusses the implications for en route noise assessment. After controlling for noise level, over half of the social survey evidence indicates that noise annoyance is not strongly affected by any of the nine demographic variables examined (age, sex, social status, income, education, homeownership, type of dwelling, length of residence, or receipt of benefits from the noise source), but is positively associated with each of the five attitudinal variables examined (a fear of danger from the noise source, a sensitivity towards noise generally, the belief that the authorities can control the noise, the awareness of non-noise impacts of the source, and the belief that the noise source is not important).

• Research Organization: Georgia Inst. of Tech., Atlanta, GA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6611954
• Report Number(s): AD-A-260041/9/XAB; CNN: NAS1-19061
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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