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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2017 Jun 23;80(6):315–325. doi: 10.1080/15287394.2017.1297275

Table 2.

Demographics and other characteristics for Hispanic/Latino population for interviews at federally qualified health centers in New Jersey by home impact. The home impact ratings of medium, high, and very high are a composite we developed from impact ratings given by Halpin (2013).

Characteristic Medium High Very High X2 (p)

Number interviewed 185 64 91

Demographics

    % Female 65.4% 60.9% 78.0% 6.2 (0.04)

    Mean Age 41.4 ± 0.9 38.2 ± 1.4 39.5 ± 1.2 NS

    US born 4.9% 11.7% 18.7% 13.3 (0.001)

    Years in USa 15.4 ± 0.7 14.8 ± 1.3 16.7 ± 1.2 NS

Sandy effects

  % told to evacuate 11.1% 26.8% 16.9% 8.2 (0.02)

  % evacuated 12.2% 32.1% 15.7% 12.1 (0.002)

  Days evacuatedb range 16.0 ± 3.4 3–60 20.3 ± 13.5 1–180 29.2 ± 13.8 2–190 5.3 (0.07)

  % still out of housec 15.8% 7.1% 6.7% NS

  Days no power 9.9 ± 0.6 13.9 ± 3.9 6.6 ± 0.6 24.0 (<0.0001)

  Rating of Sandy impact on patientd 3.6 ± 0.1 3.0 ± 0.2 3.3 ± 0.1 7.0 (0.03)

Center Use

    How long going to center? 7.1 ± 0.5 6.1 ± 0.8 6.1 ± 0.8 5.1 (0.08)

    % used this center before Sandy? 67.4% 45.0% 54.7% 5.0 (0.08)

    Center visits/yr (95th percentile) 7.4 ± 0.7 (24) 6.5 ± 0.8 (12) 4.5 ± 0.5 (12) 14.5 (0.0007)

    How do you get to center? e 52.4 (<0.0001)
     Car 42.0% 53.6% 38.5%
     Walk 27.3% 28.6% 29.7%
     Taxi 27.3% 8.9% 2.2%
     Bus 6.8% 12.5% 28.6%
     Other 0.6% 1.8% 1.1%

Medical Issues .

  % had trouble getting to Center 11.5% 3.6% 7.8% NS

  % needed Center during Sandy? 13.1% 12.1% 9.9% NS

  % with any medical interruption in medical services or medication due to Sandy 11.8% 10.5% 3.3% 4.9 (0.08)

  % with any "medical need" during or immediately after Sandy 18.4% 29.7% 13.2% 6.8 (0.03)
a

. If not born in the United States.

b

. If the person had to evacuate and were able to return home.

c

. If the person had to evacuate and had not returned home at the time of the survey in 2015.

d

. On a scale of 0 (no impact) to 5 (severely).

e

. People can take more than one method.