Gender and evacuation: A closer look at why women are more likely to evacuate for hurricanes

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 107-117

  Bateman, Julie M ^a   Edwards, Bob ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disasters; gender issues; risk management; weather forecasting

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEYS; DISASTER RESPONSE; GENDER DIFFERENCES; GENDER ISSUES; HURRICANE EVACUATION; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS;

DISASTERS; HURRICANES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 27744534518     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2002)3:3(107)     Document Type: Article

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