TABLE 3.

Descriptive characteristics of the urban households.

Variables	Total	Frequency	%	Mean	Minimum	Maximum
Age of respondents	198	-	-	37.95	17	80
Household size	199	-	-	4.65	1	20
Households with children less than 5 years	199	104	52.3	-	0	12
Households with dependants older than 60 years	198	44	22.2	-	0	4
Gender	199	-	-	-	0	1
Male	-	122	61.3	-	-	-
Female	-	77	38.7	-	-	-
Years of residence in the area	198	-	-	6.89	1	42
Education	199	-	-	-	0	3
No formal education	-	3	1.5	-	-	-
Primary	-	16	8.0	-	-	-
Secondary	-	72	36.2	-	-	-
Tertiary	-	108	54.3	-	-	-
Flood risk awareness	185	-	-	-	0	1
No	-	120	64.86	-	-	-
Yes	-	65	35.14	-	-	-
Source of information on flood	65	-	-	-	0	1
Media (radio, TV and social media)	-	63	96.92	-	-	-
Nonmedia (friends and family)	-	3	4.62	-	-	-
Disaster preparedness	199				0	1
No		110	55.3		-	-
Yes		89	44.7		-	-
Experience of past floods	199				0	1
No	-	45	22.7		-	-
Yes	-	153	77.3		-	-
Perception of flood risk	199	-	-	-	1	3
Low	-	79	39.7	-	-	-
Moderate	-	69	34.7	-	-	-
High	-	51	25.6	-	-	-
Perception on climate change causing flood	183	-	-	-	0	1
Agree	-	74	40.4	-	-	-
Disagree	-	109	59.6	-	-	-
Willingness to purchase insurance	184	-	-	-	0	1
No	-	126	68.5	-	-	-
Yes	-	58	31.5	-	-	-
Perceived level of vulnerability to flood	199				1	3
Low	-	15	7.5	-	-	-
Moderate	-	41	20.6	-	-	-
High	-	143	71.8	-	-	-
Location	183	-	-	-	0	1
Floodplains’ settlement		1164	82.83	-	-	-
Elevated areas		35	17.17	-	-	-
Employment status	183	-	-	-	0	1
Presently employed	-	149	74.87	-	-	-
Presently unemployed	-	50	25.13	-	-	-