Citation

Goodman PG, Vaughn CE, Gill D. Int. J. Mass Emerg. Disasters 1992; 10(1): 115-132.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, International Sociological Association, International Research Committee on Disasters)

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Abstract

Original data collected in the AARP-Andrus study were used as the basis for comparative study of delayed recovery by disaster type, proximity, and relocation. Disaster samples included 109 flooded, 100 dioxin-contaminated, and 145 affected by disasters at Times Beach for a total of 354 subjects. Proximity (had or still resided on confirmed dioxin sites) and disaster type were significantly associated with delayed recovery. Relocation was not associated with recovery; however, lack of permanent relocation and attitudes toward relocation were found to affect recovery among the dioxin sample, with younger persons reporting greater effects than elders. Data support other studies on chemical disasters; and add the components of examining effects of relocation and proximity, and the prolonged effects of man-made disasters versus natural disasters.