Table 3 Within-city disparities in flood exposure by neighborhood educational attainment within 276 cities in eight countries of Latin America that experienced flooding between 2000 and 2018
From: Social disparities in neighborhood flood exposure in 44,698 urban neighborhoods in Latin America
City-specific slope indices of inequality of flooding in lowest versus highest education neighborhoods | Percentage of cities with higher RR of flooding in lowest versus highest education quintile neighborhoods (SII >1) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile | ||
Overall | 1.3 | 8.3 | >100 | 80.1% |
By country grouping | ||||
Argentina | 1.6 | 5.6 | 27.5 | 85.7% |
Brazil | 1.0 | 4.0 | >100 | 73.4% |
Central Americaa | 2.0 | 5.0 | 9.4 | 80.0% |
Chile | 1.8 | 8.6 | >100 | 81.2% |
Colombia | 1.7 | 3.0 | 30.9 | 86.2% |
Mexico | 2.3 | 25.4 | >100 | 86.4% |
By city population size | ||||
1st quintile (smallest) | 2.5 | 25.2 | >100 | 82.1% |
2nd | 1.2 | 8.7 | >100 | 78.2% |
3rd | 2.0 | 9.6 | >100 | 85.5% |
4th | 1.2 | 13.6 | >100 | 80.0% |
5th quintile (largest) | 1.0 | 2.13 | 8.2 | 74.5% |
