Table 2. Sample characteristics by displacement and tertile of county social cohesion, Mississippi Community Study, 2007^a.

The top section shows the joint distribution (frequency and weighted percent) of the sample population by categories of individual characteristics and both displacement status and social cohesion tertile. The bottom section shows the joint distribution (median and range) of the sample population by county-level characteristics and both displacement status and social cohesion tertile.

	Displacementb						Social Cohesionb
	No	Yes	No	Yes	X2	p	High	Med	Low	High	Med	Low	X2	p
Individual characteristics	N	N	%	%			N	N	N	%	%	%
Total	499	209	74	26			131	209	368	23	28	49
Gender					1.8	0.19							1.0	0.61
Female	312	131	77	23			88	129	226	25	26	49
Male	187	78	70	30			43	80	142	22	29	49
Age					1.9	0.39							8.4	0.08
18–34	79	31	72	28			13	31	66	16	27	57
35–64	289	122	72	28			77	120	214	25	27	48
65–91	131	56	79	21			41	58	88	30	30	40
Race					1.3	0.26							0.6	0.73
Black	102	46	68	32			28	52	68	20	28	52
White	397	163	75	25			103	157	300	25	27	48
Marital status					1.8	0.64							6.2	0.19
Married/living with partner	280	110	73	27			77	116	197	27	27	46
Divorced/separated/widowed	151	77	69	31			43	71	114	21	30	49
Never married	68	22	80	20			11	22	57	17	25	57
Educational attainment					25.7	<0.001							14.2	0.03
Less than high school	70	29	66	34			19	24	56	20	19	61
High school/GED	177	57	81	19			41	69	124	23	30	47
Some college	143	56	76	24			34	57	108	24	28	48
College graduate	109	67	63	37			37	59	80	29	36	35
Annual household income before Katrina					11.5	0.01							7.2	0.30
<$20,000	106	47	67	33			20	34	99	15	21	65
$20,000-$39,999	167	65	77	23			41	70	121	24	29	47
$40,000-$59,999	102	49	67	34			30	45	76	22	29	48
≥$60,000	124	48	80	20			40	60	72	32	31	37
Experienced a Katrina-related traumatic event					5.9	0.02							2.4	0.30
No	374	126	77	22			105	162	233	25	30	45
Yes	125	83	64	36			26	47	135	19	22	59
Displacement after Katrina													24.0	<0.001
No	--	--	--	--		--	107	164	228	28	29	43
Yes	--	--	--	--		--	24	45	140	11	23	65
Moved (within county) after Katrina					3.6	0.06							3.1	0.21
No	475	177	76	24			123	197	332	23	29	48
Yes	24	32	53	47			8	12	36	24	16	60
Number of lifetime PTSD symptoms					28.1	<0.001							19.3	0.01
0	246	82	81	19			74	96	158	29	29	42
1	73	37	71	29			14	35	61	16	25	59
2	74	36	62	38			16	33	61	20	23	57
3	59	30	66	34			13	27	49	14	39	47
4	47	24	68	32			14	18	39	21	19	60
Individual social cohesion score					14.4	<0.001							144.2	<0.001
0–1.9 (Low)	50	31	59	41			5	20	57	7	20	73
2–2.9	129	60	72	28			21	65	103	13	31	56
3–4 (High)	319	118	78	22			105	124	208	32	28	40
Social support tertile					1.8	0.41							3.0	0.56
Low	140	49	75	25			36	57	96	21	27	52
Medium	155	80	69	31			36	67	132	22	24	54
High	204	80	76	24			59	85	140	26	31	43
Depression					17.3	<0.001							10.8	0.005
Yes	68	50	57	43			14	26	78	15	18	67
No	431	159	78	22			117	183	290	26	30	44
County characteristics	Median	Median	Range	Range			Median	Median	Median	Range	Range	Range
Median household annual income ($10,000 units)c	2.9	3.5	1.9- 3.9	1.9- 3.9	2.8	0.09	2.6	2.7	2.9	2.5- 3.8	2.3- 3.9	1.9- 3.6	0.2	0.89
County % population aged 25+ with at least a BAc	8.9	10.4	4.7- 16.4	4.7- 16.4	1.0	0.32	7.8	6.7	7.6	6.2- 16.4	4.7- 13.1	5.8- 11.6	0.3	0.87
County % occupied housing with major/severe damage from Katrina	4.1	34.2	0.20- 69.8	0.40- 69.8	9.4	0.002	1.0	4.0	5.4	0.2- 5.2	0.3- 34.2	1.9- 3.6	2.5	0.28

^aSample limited to respondents who reported being of non-Hispanic black or white race an d who did not change their county of residence after Hurricane Katrina. Information incorporates imputed values and percents are weighted.

^bFor displacement the population is individual respondents and p-values are from unadjusted logistic regression.For social cohesion, the population is individual respondents (N = 708) for individual characteristics and counties (N = 23) for the county characteristics; p-values are from unadjusted multinomial logistic regression.

^cData from 2000 U.S. Census.