Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for Katrina evacuees, (n = 350)
| Percentages and means | |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 63.01 |
| Female | 36.99 |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| N.H. Black | 98.57 |
| N.H. White or Hispanic/Latino | 1.43 |
| Education | |
| Less than high school | 45.20 |
| High school degree or higher | 54.72 |
| Mean age | 33.88 (11.68) |
| Marital status | |
| Never/not married | 93.62 |
| Married | 6.38 |
| Number of children | |
| None | 27.38 |
| One or more | 72.62 |
| Employment status | |
| Employed | 23.01 |
| Not employed/not in labor force | 76.99 |
| Current income [post Katrina, $] | |
| 0 | 4.06 |
| Less than 500 | 61.16 |
| 500–999 | 21.45 |
| 1,000–1,999 | 11.30 |
| 2,000–3,999 | 1.45 |
| 4,000–5,999 | 0.29 |
| 6,000 or more | 0.29 |
| Evacuation process | |
| Before Katrina | 32.29 |
| After Katrina | 67.71 |
| Mean self-rated health [0–3] | 1.50 (1.50) |
| Mean lifetime trauma [0–8] | 3.84 (1.86) |
| Disaster-related experiences | |
| Mean number of negative life events | 4.67 (2.45) |
| Mean resource loss [0–57] | 30.32 (12.53) |
| Mean disaster exposure [0–8] | 7.18 (1.12) |
| Mean number of post-Katrina stressors [0–6] | 2.41 (1.39) |
| Mean mental health scores | |
| Psychological distress [0–24] | 14.01 (7.11) |
| PTSD [0–1] | 0.13 (0.34) |
| Anxiety [0–21] | 13.67 (6.04) |
| Severe depression [0–21] | 5.92 (5.94) |
| Somatic symptoms [0–20] | 9.24 (5.12) |
Data from Houston, TX in years 2006–2007
Standard deviation in parentheses