Safety Awareness and Safety Practice Behavior of College Students

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the safety awareness and safety practice behavior of the college students. We carried out a questionnaire survey that was targeted at 294 college students from November 1st to November 20th, 2014. Data collected were analyzed with SPSS 18.0 statistical program. Analysis methods were t-test, one way ANOVA, Scheffe test, Pearsons correlation coefficient, and Stepwise multiple regression analysis. The findings are as follows. Safety awareness point was an average of 177.5 points which was higher levels. Area showing the highest safety awareness was safety from fire. Safety practice behavior was an intermediate level of an average 63.3 points. Also, there was a positive correlation between safety awareness and safety practice behavior(r=.595. P