Disaster Preparedness: A Comparative Study of North Carolina and Montana

• 2014

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• Tatjana Gazibara; Haomiao Jia; Erica Lubetkin
PMID: 24846394DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2014.38

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This study compares how prepared people in North Carolina and Montana are for disasters. It describes using a score based on having water, food, a radio, and a flashlight for three days. Both states had similar scores. Men were more prepared in both places. In North Carolina, older age, being non-white, higher income, having kids at home, good health, and no disability helped preparedness. In Montana, having a college degree and being married or partnered were important factors. The differences are due to the unique characteristics of each state’s population and geography.


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Focus Areas: Everyday Emergency; Natural Disasters; Severe Weather

Audiences: Emergency Managers; Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Collection: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Civil Defense; Demography; Disaster Planning; Montana; North Carolina; Socioeconomic Factors

Institutions: The City University of New York; University of Belgrade; Columbia University

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