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<br />11 <br /> <br />TABLE 1 <br /> <br />HYPOTHESES FROM PREVIOUS LITERATURE EXAMINED <br />IN THE BIG THOMPSON FLOOD STUDY <br />(from Mileti, et al., 1975:35-56) <br /> <br />HYPOTHESIS <br /> <br />RESEARCH EFFORT <br /> <br />Oer1erath (1957}, Fogelman (1958); <br />Fri tz (1961); Moore, et a 1. <br />(1963); Anderson (1968) <br /> <br />Persons with recent disaster <br />experience are more likely to <br />take protective action on the <br />basis of warnings than those <br />without such experience. <br /> <br />Older persons are less likely <br />to receive warnings than <br />younger persons. <br /> <br />Friedsam (1962); Hutton (1976) <br /> <br />Older persons are less likely <br />to evacuate than younger persons. <br /> <br />Friedsam (1962) <br /> <br />The number of warnings received <br />is inversely related to attempts <br />at warning confirmation. <br /> <br />Drabek (1969) <br /> <br />Persons in peer groups are least <br />likely to take adaptive action. <br />Family groups are most likely <br />to take adaptive action. <br /> <br />Older persons are more likely <br />to die in disaster than are <br />younger persons. <br /> <br />Un i vers ity of Oklahoma (1953); <br />Mack and Baker (1961) <br /> <br />Friedsam (1962); Trainer and <br />Hutton (197~; Hutton (1976) <br />