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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2013;76(20):1138–1150. doi: 10.1080/15287394.2013.844087

Table 3.

Responses for Jersey Shore residents only to the question "Who do (or did) you trust most for information about Evacuation Routes?". Respondents could have more than one. Chi-square comparing age groups was 47.7 (p=0.04).

17–45 Years Old
n=103
46–64 Years Old
n=158
Over 65 Years Old
n=55
Frequency Percent Frequency Percent Frequency Percent
TV 41 39.8% 43 27.2% 10 18.2%
Town/Rev-911/Local Government 35 34.0% 43 27.2% 15 27.3%
Radio 19 18.4% 41 25.9% 15 27.3%
Police 13 12.6% 27 17.1% 8 14.5%
Self 10 9.7% 19 12.0% 2 3.6%
Web Access 8 7.8% 10 6.3% 0 0.0%

Friends 5 4.9% 7 4.4% 2 3.6%
Government 5 4.9% 6 3.8% 3 5.5%
Social Media 6 5.8% 2 1.3% 3 5.5%
All/Any info you can get 4 3.9% 3 1.9% 3 5.5%
Fire Dept 1 1.0% 4 2.5% 3 5.5%
News 2 1.9% 4 2.5% 2 3.6%
Family 2 1.9% 2 1.3% 2 3.6%
State/Governor 1 1.0% 2 1.3% 2 3.6%
Other 4 3.9% 12 7.6% 3 5.5%