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Situational Barriers to Disaster Resilience: Household and Family I

Situational Barriers to Disaster Resilience: Household and Family I. Session 17. Session Objectives. Understand the relationship between household and family characteristics and the ability to mitigate, prepare and respond to hazards and disasters

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Situational Barriers to Disaster Resilience: Household and Family I

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  1. Situational Barriers to Disaster Resilience: Household and Family I Session 17

  2. Session Objectives • Understand the relationship between household and family characteristics and the ability to mitigate, prepare and respond to hazards and disasters • Describe ways in which a household’s social resources are tied to disaster response • Identify high-risk households • Identify current household composition patterns in the U.S. and within any given community • Describe home ownership patterns in the U.S. and any given community and develop initiatives for meeting the unique needs of renters

  3. Households, Families, and Disasters As members of households, people make decisions about: • Housing • Insurance • Mitigation measures • Preparation for hurricanes • Evacuation • Aftermath activities such as relocation, reconstruction Families and households are not necessarily the same. Some households are non-family Important kinship networks extend beyond households

  4. U.S. Household Composition Source: 2000 Census

  5. What do we know about families and disaster response from past disasters? • To what extent are other kin involved? • How is household composition related to its ability: To respond? To recover?

  6. What Can Happen to a Family? • Overburdened caregivers • Inadequate parenting • Child misbehavior and depression • Child abuse • Increased conflict • Separation and divorce • Domestic violence • Stress on kin networks

  7. Perceptions of Increased Stress Since Andrew(percentages) Respondents report more South Stress in relations: Dade County Dade County With their partner 27.6 56.1 Among adults in household 23.0 46.8 Between adults and children 21.6 46.8 Among children 20.9 43.0 With relatives 16.7 29.5 With neighbors 7.5 13.3 With friends 9.1 16.1 Source: FIU Hurricane Andrew Survey n=1318 n=504

  8. The Social Vulnerability of a Household Can Be Created by: • Inadequate economic and material resources • Physical and mental limitations • Age, gender, race/ethnicity discrimination • Large ratio of dependents to productive adults • Lack of knowledge and/or prior disaster experience • Illiteracy or lack of language proficiency • Cultural differences • Social integration

  9. Household Connections

  10. Characteristics of Disaster-Resilient Families: • Well-informed about hazards • Mitigation initiatives in place • Stable family and/or social networks • Well integrated into the community • High ratio of productive adults to dependents • Relative gender equality and sharing of household tasks • Sound economic base • Strong emotional base

  11. Some High Risk Households • Poor • Female-headed • Disabled • Elders • Minorities • Non-family • Renters

  12. Renters Have Little Autonomy Over Their Homes Related to: • Mitigation initiatives such as hurricanes or earthquake bracing • Maintenance and upkeep • Insurance on the structure • Repairs or reconstruction after damaged

  13. Selected Types of U.S. Households

  14. TARGETMITIGATION PREPARATION EVACUATION WEATHERMESSAGES

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