Table 2.

Percentage Returned to County by Personal and Family Characteristics

Characteristic	Entire Affected Area		High-Damage Areas		Low-Damage Areas
	Percentage Returned	N	Percentage Returned	N	Percentage Returned	N
Age	*		*		*
19 to 24	49.8	458	16.9	209	77.6	249
25 to 39	52.2	915	20.5	370	73.7	545
40 to 54	69.3	1,192	33.3	379	86.5	813
55 and older	73.9	1,199	47.0	460	91.3	739
Race/Ethnicity	*		*		*
Whitea	76.2	2,256	46.1	601	86.5	1,655
Blacka	38.3	1,181	22.4	748	70.3	433
Hispanic	73.8	176	24.3	31	83.7	145
Othera	68.4	151	2.5	38	88.8	113
Gender	*		*		*
Female	61.7	2,134	28.7	825	82.5	1,309
Male	65.6	1,630	34.0	593	85.0	1,037
Education	*		*		*
Less than high school	53.3	628	23.6	324	87.3	304
High school	62.8	1,219	20.9	400	85.1	819
Some college	65.6	1,065	35.7	406	83.7	659
College graduate	69.5	852	49.2	288	79.4	564
Marital Status	*		*
Not married	57.9	1,891	27.6	840	83.3	1,051
Married	69.5	1,873	36.8	578	83.9	1,295
Children Under Age 18	*		*		*
Without children	66.1	2,718	36.0	1,077	86.7	1,641
With children	56.9	1,046	15.6	341	76.9	705
Family Income	*		*		*
Less than $15,000	38.3	607	20.3	329	61.9	278
$15,000 to $74,999	62.4	1,649	31.2	654	83.9	995
$75,000 or more	74.2	714	52.3	206	82.2	508
Not reported	75.3	794	30.3	229	94.1	565
Total	63.5	3,764	31.1	1,418	83.6	2,346

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

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

^aNon-Hispanic.

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