Table 4. Difference of means for BRIC input variables 2010 and 2015*.
| Variable | Year | CONUS | Gulf | Southeast Atlantic | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (3108 counties) | (170 counties) | (146 counties) | ||||||||
| Mean | t-value | Sig. (2-tailed) | Mean | t-value | Sig. (2-tailed) | Mean | t-value | Sig. (2-tailed) | ||
| Educational equality | 2010 | 0.83 | 14.98 | 0.000 | 0.72 | 4.06 | 0.000 | 0.79 | 3.29 | 0.001 |
| 2015 | 0.77 | 0.63 | 0.73 | |||||||
| Communication capacity | 2010 | 0.88 | -71.84 | 0.000 | 0.84 | 1.71 | 0.089 | 0.83 | -0.32 | 0.752 |
| 2015 | 1.00 | 0.81 | 0.83 | |||||||
| Health coverage | 2010 | 0.61 | -12.52 | 0.000 | 0.65 | -1.40 | 0.161 | 0.54 | 2.79 | 0.006 |
| 2015 | 0.65 | 0.68 | 0.48 | |||||||
| Mental health support | 2010 | 0.04 | -25.42 | 0.000 | 0.22 | 4.42 | 0.000 | 0.04 | -4.68 | 0.000 |
| 2015 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.10 | |||||||
| Health access | 2010 | 0.24 | -10.06 | 0.000 | 0.47 | -0.48 | 0.633 | 0.42 | 1.24 | 0.216 |
| 2015 | 0.27 | 0.48 | 0.40 | |||||||
| Income equality (Race) | 2010 | 0.49 | -73.01 | 0.000 | 0.56 | 1.42 | 0.156 | 0.61 | 2.23 | 0.026 |
| 2015 | 0.67 | 0.53 | 0.56 | |||||||
| Income equality (Gender) | 2010 | 0.71 | -6.28 | 0.000 | 0.46 | -3.16 | 0.002 | 0.69 | -2.09 | 0.038 |
| 2015 | 0.73 | 0.53 | 0.73 | |||||||
| Multi-purpose retail | 2010 | 0.02 | -97.20 | 0.000 | 0.07 | -32.64 | 0.000 | 0.11 | -8.77 | 0.000 |
| 2015 | 0.14 | 0.52 | 0.30 | |||||||
| Internet access | 2010 | 0.75 | 11.86 | 0.000 | 0.81 | 4.04 | 0.000 | 0.83 | 3.30 | 0.001 |
| 2015 | 0.67 | 0.68 | 0.73 | |||||||
| Sheltering needs | 2010 | 0.05 | -5.40 | 0.000 | 0.25 | 3.40 | 0.001 | 0.11 | -1.73 | 0.084 |
| 2015 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.14 | |||||||
| Place attachment | 2010 | 0.97 | 23.54 | 0.000 | 0.93 | 6.21 | 0.000 | 0.92 | 4.08 | 0.000 |
| 2015 | 0.92 | 0.82 | 0.85 | |||||||
| Civic involvement | 2010 | 0.07 | 28.61 | 0.000 | 0.10 | 5.84 | 0.000 | 0.24 | 9.26 | 0.000 |
| 2015 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.04 | |||||||
| Disaster volunteerism | 2010 | 0.05 | -17.86 | 0.000 | 0.13 | -2.76 | 0.006 | 0.14 | -1.21 | 0.225 |
| 2015 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.17 | |||||||
| Disaster preparedness | 2010 | 0.04 | 12.21 | 0.000 | 0.06 | 1.03 | 0.306 | 0.06 | -6.59 | 0.000 |
| 2015 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.18 | |||||||
| Mitigation spending | 2010 | 0.01 | -2.71 | 0.007 | 0.08 | -4.10 | 0.000 | 0.03 | 0.61 | 0.543 |
| 2015 | 0.02 | 0.20 | 0.03 | |||||||
| Disaster aid experience | 2010 | 0.13 | -10.96 | 0.000 | 0.17 | -0.26 | 0.797 | 0.33 | 8.15 | 0.000 |
| 2015 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.14 | |||||||
| Population stability | 2010 | 0.92 | -27.34 | 0.000 | 0.85 | 1.32 | 0.187 | 0.76 | -1.86 | 0.064 |
| 2015 | 0.97 | 0.82 | 0.80 | |||||||
| Local food suppliers | 2010 | 0.02 | -5.90 | 0.000 | 0.08 | -0.97 | 0.333 | 0.08 | 0.57 | 0.567 |
| 2015 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.07 | |||||||
| Efficient energy use | 2010 | 0.90 | 37.06 | 0.000 | 0.57 | -0.35 | 0.725 | 0.58 | 0.75 | 0.454 |
| 2015 | 0.83 | 0.59 | 0.56 | |||||||
* Assumes unequal variances. Includes variables with correlations <0.8 between the two time-periods.