Table 3.
Individual surveys: demographic characteristics and outage experience
| Experienced power outage lasting 24+ hours in past year |
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| Overall, n = 1,038 | No, n = 493 | Yes, n = 545 | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p-value | |
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| Gender | 0.3a | |||
| Man | 494 (47.6) | 242 (49) | 252 (46.2) | |
| Woman | 538 (51.8) | 250 (50.8) | 288 (52.8) | |
| Gender not listed above | 6(0.6) | 1 (0.2) | 5(0.9) | |
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| Primary racial or ethnic identity | 0.008a | |||
| American Indian or Alaskan Native | 8(0.8) | 4 (0.8) | 4(0.7) | |
| Asian | 50 (4.8) | 26 (5.3) | 24 (4.4) | |
| Black or African American | 121 (12) | 40 (8.1) | 81 (15) | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 233 (22) | 104 (21) | 129 (24) | |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 (0.5) | 2 (0.4) | 3 (0.6) | |
| White or Caucasian | 609 (59) | 314(64) | 295 (54) | |
| Other | 9(0.9) | 3 (0.6) | 6 (1.1) | |
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| Age group | 0.002b | |||
| 18–24 | 154 (14.9) | 63 (12.8) | 91 (16.7) | |
| 25–34 | 228 (22) | 97 (19.7) | 131 (24) | |
| 35–44 | 200 (19.2) | 97 (19.7) | 103 (18.9) | |
| 45–54 | 157 (15.1) | 68 (13.8) | 89 (16.3) | |
| 55–64 | 171 (16.5) | 86 (17.5) | 85 (15.6) | |
| 65 or older | 128 (12.3) | 81 (16.5) | 47 (8.6) | |
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| Education | 0.13b | |||
| Less than high school diploma | 46 (4.4) | 24 (4.9) | 22 (4.0) | |
| High school degree or equivalent (e.g., GED) | 233 (22.5) | 127 (25.8) | 106 (19.4) | |
| Some college, no degree | 280 (27) | 123 (24.9) | 157 (28.8) | |
| Associate degree (e.g., AA, AS) | 108 (10.4) | 49 (10) | 59 (10.8) | |
| Bachelor’s degree or more | 371 (35.4) | 170 (34.6) | 201 (36.9) | |
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| Urban/rural classification | 0.048b | |||
| Rural | 171 (16.5) | 93 (18.9) | 78 (14.3) | |
| Urban | 867 (83.5) | 400 (81.1) | 467 (85.7) | |
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| Someone in household relies on electricity dependent DME | <0.001b | |||
| No | 855 (82.4) | 429 (87.2) | 426 (78.2) | |
| Yes | 166 (16) | 58 (11.8) | 108 (19.3) | |
| Do not know | 16 (1.5) | 5 (1.0) | 11 (2.0) | |
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| K-6 distress scale score | <0.001b | |||
| Less than 13 | 746 (79) | 378 (83) | 368 (74) | |
| 13 or higher | 203 (21) | 76 (17) | 127 (26) | |
a
Fishers exact test
b
Pearson’s Chi-squared test