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Extended family ties influenced evacuation decisions during Hurricane Katrina
04-27-2007 · EurekAlert!Previous research has shown that minorities have particularly cohesive extended family ties. For this study, researchers interviewed 58 randomly selected evacuees -- mostly low-income African Americans -- who relocated from New Orleans to Houston in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The researchers found that the evacuees' strong family ties had a profound influence on factors affecting evacuation, including transportation decisions, access to shelter and how they perceived evacuation messages. These ties both facilitated and hindered their evacuation.
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