Muhyiatul Fadilah, Anna Permanasari, Riandi, Enok Maryani
The high impact of the earthquake for communities prone to earthquake hazards is caused by low knowledge. The majority of college students of the mathematics and science faculties (FMIPA) have experience related earthquake occurrence and, therefore, have the potency to involve in disaster mitigation programs at schools and in communities. This research aims to examine the level of earthquake disaster literacy among first-year college students and discuss the influencing factors. The measurement was conducted through an online questionnaire survey involving 297 participants, which were determined purposively. The data were analysed using statistics of Pearson correlation. The result shows that the disaster literacy level, especially in an earthquake, reaches a sufficient level with the best achievement in skill dimension, and knowledge dimension is in the lowest achievement. It was found that the choice of a study program in education area influences the literacy level, while gender and the area of origin have less influence. It can be concluded that the literacy level is categorised into unaware as scientist and educated as citizen. We recommend the knowledge dimension improvement through education programs in higher institutions. © School of Engineering, Taylor's University
Science Education Program, Postgraduate School, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudi no 229, Bandung, 40154, Indonesia; Biology Department, Universitas Negeri Padang, Prof. Dr. Hamka, Air Tawar Padang, 25132, Indonesia; Geographics Education Program, Postgraduate School, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudi no 229, Bandung, 40154, Indonesia
