Table 4 Descriptive statistics of demographic variables.

From: Disaster risk reduction policies and perceived community resilience in rural ethnic minority communities in China

Variables

Frequency

Percentage

Variables

Frequency

Percentage

Gender

Male

594

50.00

Employment status

Unemployed

138

11.62

Female

594

50.00

Farming

768

64.65

Age

Below 25

161

13.55

Temporary employment

109

9.18

26–30

130

10.94

Full-time employment

173

14.56

31–40

291

24.49

Socioeconomic status

Lower class

133

11.20

41–50

331

27.86

Lower middle class

177

14.90

51–60

231

19.44

Middle class

813

68.43

Over 60

44

3.70

Upper middle class

61

5.13

Marital status

Married

1010

85.02

Upper class

4

0.34

Single

178

14.98

Household size

Below 3

242

20.37

Place of residence

Rural

1183

99.58

4 ~ 9

915

77.02

Urban

5

0.42

over 10

31

2.60

Province

Sichuan

704

59.26

Disaster experience

0

572

48.15

Xinjiang

484

40.74

1

384

32.32

Ethnic

Yi

389

32.74

2

164

13.8

Han

38

3.20

3

56

4.71

Tibetan

276

23.23

4

12

1.01

Uyghur

256

21.55

Perceptions of housing safety

Very unsafe

86

7.24

Tajik

229

19.28

Somewhat unsafe

205

17.26

Education

Primary school and below

833

70.12

Average

185

15.57

Junior high school

264

22.22

relatively safe

367

30.89

High school/technical school

73

6.14

Very safe

345

29.04

University and above

18

1.52

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