Table 1.

Evacuation Rates by Personal and Family Characteristics

Characteristic	Entire Affected Area		High-Damage Areas		Low-Damage Areas
	Evacuation Rate	N	Evacuation Rate	N	Evacuation Rate	N
Age	*		*
19 to 24	88.5	523	98.9	212	81.2	311
25 to 39	82.9	1,105	92.3	401	77.6	704
40 to 54	85.3	1,416	95.8	397	81.1	1,019
55 and older	83.3	1,473	90.5	507	79.3	966
Race/Ethnicity	*
Whitea	82.9	2,766	92.6	650	80.0	2,116
Blacka	87.2	1,359	94.2	796	75.9	563
Hispanic	83.6	221	94.3	33	81.8	188
Othera	89.0	171	100.0	38	86.0	133
Gender	*		*		*
Female	87.0	2,471	94.2	872	83.0	1,599
Male	81.8	2,046	93.1	645	76.1	1,401
Education	*				*
Less than high school	85.5	746	94.3	345	77.3	401
High school	81.8	1,526	93.8	431	76.5	1,095
Some college	84.6	1,274	93.2	435	80.1	839
College graduate	88.1	971	93.6	306	85.6	665
Marital Status	*				*
Not married	86.5	2,212	94.0	898	81.1	1,314
Married	82.5	2,305	93.3	619	78.5	1,686
Children Under Age 18	*				*
Without children	84.2	3,292	93.6	1,155	78.8	2,137
With children	85.4	1,225	94.1	362	81.8	863
Family Income	*		*		*
Less than $15,000	90.8	680	95.3	347	85.4	333
$15,000 to $74,999	86.0	1,938	92.8	706	81.8	1,232
$75,000 or more	83.8	860	90.4	227	81.6	633
Not reported	78.5	1,039	96.6	237	72.8	802
Total	84.5	4,517	93.7	1,517	79.7	3,000

Note: Sample sizes (N) are the number of person-month observations.

Source: Current Population Survey, October 2005–October 2006.

^aNon-Hispanic.

^*Differences in evacuation rates across subgroups for the specified characteristic are statistically significant (p < .05), based on a Pearson chi-square test.