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Attrition and housing improvements: A study of post‐disaster housing after three years
Author(s) -
Snarr D. Neil,
Brown E. Leonard
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1982.tb00766.x
Subject(s) - attrition , occupancy , work (physics) , occupational safety and health , indigenous , poison control , suicide prevention , human factors and ergonomics , socioeconomics , injury prevention , geography , forensic engineering , environmental health , engineering , medicine , sociology , civil engineering , mechanical engineering , ecology , dentistry , pathology , biology
This research is part of an effort to monitor houses built for victims of hurricane Fifi in 1975. After 3 years (1978) we interviewed the residents to determine the rate of continued occupancy and the amount of housing improvement and the correlates of both. We found that a significant number of small families, Protestants, and families that had not participated in the construction of the housing had moved. From what we could determine, moving was primarily related to seeking work and improving one's financial position. Nearly 90% of the permanent occupants had improved their houses with either indigenous or manufactured materials. Non‐improvement of houses was concentrated among families with few members. The largest number of unimproved houses was located in the project that sewed the poorest victims and contained the cheapest housing.