Table A2.

Correlations among variables related to flood experience, reliance, risk exposure, socio-economic status, and coping-appraisal variables.

Variables	Coping Appraisal/Flood Preparedness Actions
	Early Flood Warning	Storing Dry Food	Raising House Plinth	Raising Tube-Well Plinth	Raising Toilet Plinth	Storing Crop Seed	Storing Money	Emergency Equipment	Family Awareness	Evacuation Plan	Saving Valuable Asset	Family Relocation Place	Connection with NGOs	Possibility to Take Loan	Damage Insurance	Community DM Plan	Connection with Local Government
Threat Experience Appraisal
Experienced flooding in the past	0.165	−0.156	−0.549 **	−0.591 **	−0.631 **	0.284 **	0.006	0.276 **	0.350 **	−0.276 **	−0.141	−0.062	0.064	0.066	−0.152	0.273 *	−0.188
Reliance on DRR Measures
Existence of risk reduction measures	0.276 **	0.075	−0.461 **	−0.305 **	−0.305 **	0.031	0.239 *	0.118	0.287 **	−0.043	−0.042	−0.004	−0.106	0.140	0.031	0.194	0.080
Flood embankment	−0.225 *	−0.092	−0.150	−0.094	−0.094	0.146	−0.184	0.019	−0.176	−0.425 **	−0.040	−0.110	0.027	−0.338 **	−0.333 **	−0.092	−0.190
NGO’s resilience program	0.116	0.208 *	0.245 *	0.298 **	0.220 *	0.245 *	0.083	−0.010	0.079	0.232 *	0.340 **	0.095	0.100	−0.066	0.055	−0.217 *	0.134
Risk Exposure
Distance of HH from river	−0.047	0.155	0.474 **	0.435 **	0.462 **	−0.215 *	0.093	−0.219 *	−0.305 **	0.179	0.176	0.015	−0.251 *	−0.102	−0.002	0.087	0.173
Distance of HH from embankment	0.172	−0.035	−0.548 **	−0.425 **	−0.443 **	0.158	0.245 *	0.112	0.334 **	−0.172	−0.184	0.057	−0.012	−0.035	−0.035	0.136	−0.184
Socio−Economic Status
Gender	0.093	−0.071	0.210 *	0.082	0.082	0.148	0.086	0.115	0.033	0.290 **	0.183	0.278 **	0.098	−0.086	0.182	0.049	−0.231 *
Educational status	−0.075	−0.300 **	−0.219 *	−0.270 **	−0.232 *	−0.234 *	−0.298 **	−0.137	−0.167	−0.273 **	−0.394 **	−0.198	0.007	−0.056	−0.090	−0.075	−0.086
Monthly income	0.150	−0.387 **	−0.385 **	−0.464 **	−0.522 **	0.086	0.053	0.053	0.101	−0.252 *	−0.085	−0.098	−0.046	0.092	−0.132	0.163	−0.174

** Correlation was significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). * Correlation was significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).