Effect of personal and situational variables on noise annoyance in residential areas

摘要: This study uses methods that control for noise level and data quality to objectively evaluate the evidence on 22 personal situational explanations annoyance with environmental in residential areas. The balance of from 464 findings drawn 136 surveys suggests is not affected an important extent by ambient levels, amount time residents are at home, type interviewing method, or any nine demographic variables (age, sex, social status, income, education, home ownership, dwelling, length residence, receipt benefits source). Annoyance related isolation sound five attitudes (fear danger source, prevention beliefs, general sensitivity, beliefs about importance non‐noise impacts too evenly divided indicate whether changes environments cause be annoyed more, less, same as would expected long‐established environments. shows even low levels (below DNL 55 dB), a small percentage highly exposure.