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Table 1 Demographic summary of households sampled

From: Culture’s influence on social network vulnerabilities for ethnic minorities in rural disaster events

Ethnicity

Age of respondenta

Income per yeara

Single-headed householda

Monthly rent/mortgage prior to flooda

Education in yearsa

Length of residency in years

Anglo

 Means

57 years

$29,573

1.57

$119.54

12.59

25.84

 N

84

75

82

78

83

83

African-American

 Means

52 years

$18,532

1.39

$132.66

12.12

27.79

 N

73

63

72

65

73

73

Hispanic

 Means

47 years

$17,860

1.57

$91.67

10.72

26.04

 N

93

78

88

90

90

91

Totals

 Means

52 years

$22,123

1.52

$112.43

11.77

26.49

 N

250

216

242

233

246

247

  1. aIndicates chi-square significance at the 0.05 level