[RECCOO Co., Ltd.] [Honest survey of Generation Z] What are
university students’ awareness of disaster prevention? 65% of university students living alone answered that they were not aware of evacuation shelters in the event of a disaster.
*RECCOO Co., Ltd.*
Press release: September 3, 2024
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[Honest survey of Generation Z] What are university students’ awareness of disaster prevention? 65% of university students living alone answered that they were not aware of evacuation shelters in the event of a disaster.
*41% of college students living alone answered that they did not have emergency supplies and food. *
RECCOO Co., Ltd. (Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Representative director: Deya “Circle Up”, a quick research service specializing in Generation Z, operated by Masahiro (hereinafter referred to as the Company), will announce a research report on the theme of “disaster prevention awareness among university students” as the latest Generation Z survey. Please note that raw data for some of the survey results will be provided to companies that make inquiries.
* ■ 65% of university students living alone answered that they were not aware of evacuation shelters in the event of a disaster. * In this survey, we investigated the “disaster prevention awareness of university students living alone.” First, when asked, “Are you aware of the evacuation shelters in the area where you live in the event of a disaster?”
65% of college students living alone answered that they “don’t know”*. Also, when asked, “Have you ever checked the hazard map for the area where you live?”
46% said yes* and 54% said no*.
* ■ 41% of university students living alone answered that they did not have emergency supplies and emergency food. *
Next, when asked, “Do you have disaster prevention goods and emergency food at home?”
20% “have both”, 11% “have disaster prevention goods”, 28% “have food”, 41% “have neither”*
I answered. Approximately 60% of university students living alone have food or disaster prevention goods at home, probably due to the daily reporting of disaster warning information.
* ■ Information sources for college students living alone are “X, TV, and Yahoo News” *
Finally, when asked “Where do you get your disaster information from?” * X (17 people), TV (16 people), Yahoo News (16 people), LINENEWS (6 people), NERV (6 people), Youtube (6 people), Radio (4 people), Instagram (3 people)*
The result was obtained.
This survey revealed the disaster prevention awareness of university students living alone.
* Information regarding Nankai Trough earthquakes and typhoons is reported every day. I want to take sufficient measures to prepare for disasters. *
* ■What is Circle Up? Raw data available upon inquiry. *
What did you think? If you check the data from actual university students, you can get a sense of reality.
Generation Z is currently attracting a lot of attention, but there are many cases where they are perceived superficially, such as “Gen Z is
____”. Therefore, we are using Circle Up and working with a project team of current university students to distribute [Gen Z’s real honest research articles] that convey their real feelings.
We also provide raw data of some of the results of this survey to companies that make inquiries.
[Survey overview]
・Survey date: August 23, 2024
・Investigating organization (investigating subject): RECCOO Co., Ltd. ・Survey target: 1st to 4th year university students living alone who are registered with Circle Up
・Number of valid responses (sample size): 74 people
・Survey method: Circle Up for client survey offer