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Activity Number:
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255
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Social Statistics Section
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| Abstract - #308165 |
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Title:
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Assessing Katrina's Impact: Report of a Study on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
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Author(s):
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David A. Swanson*+ and Mark Van Boening and Richard Forgette
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Companies:
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University of Mississippi and University of Mississippi and University of Mississippi
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Address:
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Sociology Anthropology Dept, University, MS, 38677-1848,
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Keywords:
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Katrina ; sample ; census
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Abstract:
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This study reports the results of a two-pronged study funded by the National Science Foundation to examine the effects of Hurricane Katrina. The project is focused on the area of the Mississippi Gulf Coast immediately to the west and east of Bay St. Louis. In terms of our study goals: (1) we report the results of testing hypotheses about the effect of social networks on the well-being of people in the study area who were impacted by Hurricane Katrina; and (2) we provide a systematic count of the stock of housing in the study area and compare it with pre-Katrina information to obtain a picture of damage consistent with census concepts and definitions.
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