Table 4.
Percent of respondents from Central New Jersey and the Jersey Shore that obtained safety information from the following sources during and after Superstorm Sandy. People often gave more than one response. Chi-square comparing the 2 study sites = 3.1 (p=NS)
| Where did you obtain information about your safety? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central New Jersey n=400 |
Jersey Shore n=339 |
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| Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | |
| TV | 194 | 48.5% | 176 | 51.9% |
| Radio | 151 | 37.8% | 130 | 38.3% |
| Friends | 113 | 28.3% | 103 | 30.4% |
| Web | 90 | 22.5% | 91 | 26.8% |
| Town/Rev-911 | 73 | 18.3% | 57 | 16.8% |
| Social Media | 74 | 18.5% | 54 | 15.9% |
| Cell/Text/Phone | 29 | 7.3% | 21 | 6.2% |
| 25 | 6.3% | 20 | 5.9% | |
| Police/Fire Dept | 8 | 2.0% | 6 | 1.8% |
| None | 5 | 1.3% | 9 | 2.7% |
| Family | 4 | 1.0% | 9 | 2.7% |
| Self | 5 | 1.3% | 6 | 1.8% |
| Other | 3 | 0.8% | 2 | 0.6% |
| Newspaper | 3 | 0.8% | 1 | 0.3% |
| All | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.6% |
| FEMA | 2 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% |
| EMS | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% |
| Hotline | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% |
| Library | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% |
| Neighbor | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% |
| Red Cross | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% |
| Rutgers | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% |
| Word of Mouth | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% |