TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Break-up of New Orleans Households after Hurricane Katrina
JO  - Journal of marriage and family
A1  - Rendall, Michael S.
SP  - 654
EP  - 668
VL  - 73
IS  - 3
N2  - Theory and evidence on disaster-induced population displacement have focused on individual and population-subgroup characteristics. Less is known about impacts on households. I estimate excess incidence of household break-up due to Hurricane Katrina by comparing a probability sample of pre-Katrina New Orleans resident adult household heads and non-household heads (N = 242), traced just over a year later, with a matched sample from a nationally representative survey over an equivalent period. One in three among all adult non-household heads, and one in two among adult children of household heads, had separated from the household head 1 year post-Katrina. These rates were, respectively, 2.2 and 2.7 times higher than national rates. A 50% higher prevalence of adult children living with parents in pre-Katrina New Orleans than nationally increased the hurricane's impact on household break-up. Attention to living arrangements as a dimension of social vulnerability in disaster recovery is suggested.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-2445
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00837.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -