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Title: Breakup of New Orleans Households after Hurricane Katrina

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: Theory and evidence on disaster-induced population displacement have focused on individual and population-subgroup characteristics. Less is known about impacts on households. I estimate excess incidence of household breakup resulting from Hurricane Katrina by comparing a probability sample of pre-Katrina New Orleans resident adult household heads and non-household heads (N = 242), traced just over a year later, with a matched sample from a nationally representative survey over an equivalent period. One in three among all adult non-household heads, and one in two among adult children of household heads, had separated from the household head 1 year post-Katrina. These rates were, respectively, 2.2 and 2.7 times higher than national rates. A 50% higher prevalence of adult children living with parents in pre-Katrina New Orleans than nationally increased the hurricane's impact on household breakup. Attention to living arrangements as a dimension of social vulnerability in disaster recovery is suggested.

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Authors: Rendall, Michael S.

Periodical (Full): Journal of Marriage and Family

Issue: 3

Volume: 73

Pages: 654-668

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Housing and Segregation, Other

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