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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2022 Nov 21;217:114867. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114867

Table 1.

Participant demographic & environmental characteristics (n = 172)

Characteristics N %

Sociodemographic
Gender
 Female 125 73%
 Male 47 27%
Age Group
 Youth (5–19) 18 11%
 Adult (20–64) 119 69%
 Senior (>64) 35 20%
Race/Ethnicity
 Asian 15 9%
 Black/African American 66 38%
 Latino 33 19%
 White 53 31%
 Multiracial 5 3%
Area Deprivation Index (quartiles)
 1st Quartile (−16. − 64.2) 43 25%
 2nd Quartile (64.3 – 106.2) 43 25%
 3rd Quartile (106.3–114.2) 42 24%
 4th Quartile (114.3–120) 44 26%
Neighborhood
 Addicks 25 15%
 Baytown 47 27%
 Bellaire-Meyerland 37 22%
 East Houston 43 25%
 Other 20 12%
Flood related exposure
Home Flooding
 Yes 143 83%
 No 29 17%
Flood Clean-Up Participation
 Yes 115 67%
 No 46 27%
Living Situation if House Flooded
 Moved after house flooded 68 40%
 Stayed living in flooded home 75 44%
 Did not flood 29 17%
Amount of Home Flooding
 Zero 30 17%
 < 1 ft 34 20%
 1 – 2 ft 44 26%
 > 2 ft 46 27%
Time Spent in Flooded Home
 0 30 17%
 1–3 hr 40 23%
 4–6 hr 28 16%
 7–12 hr 30 17%
 >12 hr 31 18%