Table 1.
Prevalence Estimates of Household Preparedness Item by Sociodemographic Characteristic, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, 2006–2010
| Demographic Characteristic | Study Characteristics | 3-Day Supply of Food | 3-Day Supply of Water | Evacuation Plan | Working Radio | Working Flashlight | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | Chi2 p-Value | % (95%) CI | Chi2 p-Value | % (95% CI) | Chi2 p-Value | % (95% CI) | Chi2 p-Value | % (95% CI) | Chi2 p-Value | |
| Overall | 104,654 (weighted: 64,244,421) | 82.9 (82.4–83.5) | 53.6 (52.9–54.3) | 21.1 (20.6–21.7) | 77.7 (77.2–78.3) | 94.8 (94.4–95.1) | |||||
| Sex | |||||||||||
| Men | 48.2 (47.5–48.8) | 84.2 (83.3–85.0) | <0.0001 | 57.2 (56.1–58.3) | <0.0001 | 21.0 (20.2–21.9) | 0.6631 | 79.6 (78.6–80.5) | <0.0001 | 95.6 (95.1–96.1) | <0.0001 |
| Women | 51.8 (51.2–52.5) | 81.8 (81.1–82.5) | 50.3 (49.4–51.1) | 21.3 (20.6–21.9) | 76.1 (75.3–76.8) | 94.0 (93.6–94.4) | |||||
| Race | |||||||||||
| White non-Hispanic | 74.3 (73.7–75.0) | 84.8 (84.2–85.4) | <0.0001 | 52.1 (51.3–52.9) | <0.0001 | 19.6 (19.0–20.2) | <0.0001 | 80.4 (79.8–81.0) | <0.0001 | 97.0 (96.7–97.2) | <0.0001 |
| Black non-Hispanic | 14.0 (13.5–14.4) | 77.9 (76.1–79.5) | 58.2 (56.3–60.2) | 26.2 (24.7–27.9) | 72.4 (70.5–74.1) | 89.1 (87.8–90.2) | |||||
| Hispanic | 6.5 (6.1–6.9) | 75.0 (71.6–78.1) | 55.0 (51.4–58.7) | 26.8 (23.9–29.9) | 67.1 (63.5–70.4) | 84.4 (81.5–86.9) | |||||
| Other non-Hispanica | 5.2 (4.9–5.5) | 78.7 (75.5–81.6) | 60.4 (57.0–63.7) | 23.9 (21.3–26.7) | 67.3 (63.7–70.8) | 90.8 (88.4–92.8) | |||||
| Age | |||||||||||
| 18–24 | 9.9 (9.4–10.5) | 79.7 (77.1–82.1) | <0.0001 | 53.1 (50.0–56.3) | <0.0001 | 17.9 (15.9–20.1) | <0.0001 | 75.6 (72.8–78.2) | 0.0001 | 92.0 (90.2–93.5) | <0.0001 |
| 25–44 | 39.2 (38.5–39.9) | 79.5 (78.4–80.5) | 48.5 (47.3–49.8) | 19.8 (18.8–20.7) | 76.5 (75.4–77.6) | 93.6 (92.9–94.2) | |||||
| 45–54 | 19.2 (18.8–19.7) | 83.5 (82.5–84.5) | 52.9 (51.6–54.3) | 21.5 (20.5–22.6) | 79.5 (78.4–80.5) | 95.8 (95.2–96.3) | |||||
| 55+ | 31.7 (31.2–32.2) | 87.9 (87.4–88.5) | 60.2 (59.4–61.1) | 23.5 (22.8–24.2) | 78.8 (78.1–79.5) | 96.5 (96.1–96.8) | |||||
| Education | |||||||||||
| <High school | 9.3 (8.9–9.7) | 80.0 (78.0–81.8) | 0.0001 | 59.7 (57.4–61.9) | <0.0001 | 26.7 (24.8–28.6) | <0.0001 | 67.8 (65.6–70.0) | <0.0001 | 88.3 (86.6–89.8) | <0.0001 |
| High school | 30.1 (29.5–30.7) | 83.8 (82.8–84.7) | 57.0 (55.7–58.2) | 24.8 (23.8–25.8) | 78.6 (77.5–79.6) | 94.5 (94.0–95.1) | |||||
| Some college | 25.4 (24.8–26.0) | 84.3 (83.3–85.3) | 53.5 (52.1–54.8) | 22.0 (21.0–23.1) | 79.7 (78.6–80.7) | 95.1 (94.4–95.7) | |||||
| College or more | 35.2 (34.6–35.9) | 82.0 (81.0–83.0) | 49.3 (48.1–50.4) | 16.1 (15.3–16.9) | 78.2 (77.2–79.1) | 96.4 (95.8–96.8) | |||||
| Survey language | |||||||||||
| English | 98.3 (98.1–98.5) | 83.2 (82.7–83.8) | <0.0001 | 53.6 (52.9–54.3) | 0.0008 | 20.6 (20.1–21.2) | 0.0661 | 78.1 (77.5–78.7) | <0.0001 | 95.2 (94.8–95.5) | <0.0001 |
| Spanish | 1.7 (1.5–1.9) | 68.2 (62.1–73.7) | 64.5 (58.2–70.2) | 25.6 (20.7–31.2) | 56.5 (50.0–62.7) | 74.7 (68.7–79.9) | |||||
a
Asian, non-Hispanic; Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic; American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic; other race, non-Hispanic; multirace, non-Hispanic.