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Table 7 Prevalence of the perceived risk of being flooded in the next five years (indices 1 and 2)

From: Development and validation of five behavioral indices of flood adaptation

Level of Adaptation to Flooding

% Who Reported a Perceived Risk of Being Flooded

Confidence Interval (95%)

Coeff. of Variation (%)

Odds Ratio

Confidence Interval (95%)

Pr > χ2

Index 1: Pre-alert behaviors

   Correlation with level of adaptation to flooding = 0.25, p < .05

Adaptation

34.14

[30.38–37.91]

5.62

2.02

[1.63–2.51]

< 0.0001

Non-adaptation

20.39

[17.94–22.84]

6.12

1.00

  

Index 2: Behaviors to carry out after the alert is issued

   Correlation with level of adaptation to flooding = 0.23, p < .05

Adaptation

56.70

[50.41–62.98]

5.63

1.80

[1.30–2.51]

0.0004

Non-adaptation

42.05

[36.11–48.00]

7.18

1.00