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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 16.
Published in final edited form as: Am Econ Rev. 2008;98(2):38–42. doi: 10.1257/aer.98.2.38

Table 2.

Dependent variable: Indicator that individual returned to the New Orleans area

Full sample Water depth>0 Water depth=0
Indicator: Water depth>0 −0.368***
(0.051)
−0.320***
(0.052)
Married/cohabiting −0.030
(0.060)
−0.063
(0.086)
−0.019
(0.082)
Number of children −0.045*
–(0.024)
−0.077**
(0.034)
−0.010
(0.033)
Race is black −0.204**
(0.090)
0.047
(0.036)
−0.204**
(0.095)
Attended church at least once/month −0.078
(0.054)
0.042
(0.079)
−0.173
(0.074)**
Social support scale −0.009
(0.025)
0.031
(0.037)
−0.055
(0.034)
Owned Own Home 0.175**
(0.077)
0.163
(0.122)
0.235**
(0.103)
Lived in home of friends/relatives 0.096
(0.072)
−0.064
(0.132)
0.206**
(0.087)

Notes: Regressions include a male dummy, the number of months between the hurricane and interview, indicators that race is “other” or “missing,” and (for column 3) water depth.

***

Significant at the 1-percent level

**

the 5-percent level

*

the 10-percent level.