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Table 8 Prevalence of the reported adverse health impacts felt during or after a flood(indices 3, 4, and 5)

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

Level of Adaptation to Flooding

% Who Reported Adverse Health Impacts

Confidence Interval (95%)

Coeff. of Variation (%)

Odds Ratio

Confidence Interval (95%)

Pr > χ2

Index 3: Behaviors to adopt during a flood not requiring evacuation

   Correlation with level of adaptation to flooding = 0.22, p < .05

Adaptation

24.83

[19.62–30.04]

10.66

1.85

[1.23–2.77]

0.0029

Non-adaptation

15.15

[10.60–19.71]

15.27

1.00

  

Index 4:Behaviors to adopt during a flood requiring evacuation

   Correlation with level of adaptation to flooding = −0.18, n.s.

Adaptation

32.27

[20.79–43.75]

17.86

0.62

[0.29–1.35]

0.2307

Non-adaptation

43.39

[27.80–58.97]

17.83

1.00

  

Index 5: Post-flood behaviors

   Correlation with level of adaptation to flooding = 0.36, p < .05

Adaptation

37.27

[29.83–44.72]

10.12

2.78

[1.72–4.50]

0.0001

Non-adaptation

17.61

[11.46–23.76]

17.68

1.00