Table 6 Pearson correlations between the individual/household characteristics and general hurricane-related factor variables (rows) and the situation-specific variables (columns) investigated

From: What predicts hurricane evacuation decisions? The importance of efficacy beliefs, risk perceptions, and other factors

Concept / Variable

Evac. intent.

Likel. of home affected

Severity at home

Likel. of getting hurt

Wind at home?

Surge at home?

Rain at home?

Worry

Fear

Self-efficacy

Resp. Efficacy

Info. is overblown

Info. is misleading

Individual/household characteristics

 Age

0.03

0.03

0.05*

−0.02

0.05*

−0.08**

−0.05*

−0.01

−0.01

0.10***

0.02

−0.09***

−0.09***

 Gender

0.05*

0.02

0.01

0.09***

0.07**

0.01

0.10***

0.15***

0.17***

−0.00

0.02

0.01

0.02

 Race/Ethnicity

−0.00

−0.09***

−0.06**

−0.01

−0.10***

0.04

−0.02

−0.09***

−0.09***

−0.08**

−0.03

0.03

0.03

 Education

0.05*

0.08**

0.09***

0.02

0.01

0.03

0.03

−0.03

−0.03

0.05*

0.05*

0.05*

0.01

General hurricane-related factors

 Perceived flood zone?

0.23***

0.23***

0.21***

0.17***

−0.03

0.36***

0.11***

0.09***

0.08**

0.08**

0.19***

−0.06**

−0.06**

 Perceived evacuation zone?

0.23***

0.26***

0.23***

0.16***

−0.01

0.31***

0.12***

0.08***

0.07**

0.12***

0.20***

−0.03

−0.04

 Have evacuation plan?

0.17***

0.16***

0.17***

0.09***

0.07**

0.14***

0.08**

0.05

0.01

0.20***

0.17***

−0.05

−0.07**

 Home flooded in past?

0.14***

0.18***

0.18***

0.18***

−0.02

0.27***

0.19***

0.07**

0.07**

0.05

0.15***

−0.001

−0.02

 Evacuated for Hurricane Sandy?

0.27***

0.22***

0.23***

0.20***

0.04

0.21***

0.09***

0.07**

0.07**

0.16***

0.24***

0.05*

0.04

 Emotional distress due to Hurricane Sandy

0.21***

0.29***

0.28***

0.22***

0.07**

0.31***

0.17***

0.33***

0.33***

0.05*

0.20***

−0.04

−0.001

 Average evacuation intentions in other 3 survey modules

0.62***

0.41***

0.41***

0.49***

0.09***

0.27***

0.25***

0.31***

0.31***

0.38***

0.57***

−0.17***

−0.11***

  1. Statistically significant values (p ≤ 0.05) are indicated in bold type. N = 1676–1713. *p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01, ***p ≤ 0.001 (2-tailed).
Back to article page