Measuring Natural Hazard-Related Disasters through Self-Reports

Ben Edwards; Matthew Gray; Judith B. Borja

doi:10.1007/s13753-021-00359-1

Volume 12 Issue 4

Dec. 2021

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Ben Edwards, Matthew Gray, Judith B. Borja. Measuring Natural Hazard-Related Disasters through Self-Reports[J]. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2021, 12(4): 540-552. doi: 10.1007/s13753-021-00359-1

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Ben Edwards, Matthew Gray, Judith B. Borja. Measuring Natural Hazard-Related Disasters through Self-Reports[J]. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2021, 12(4): 540-552. doi: 10.1007/s13753-021-00359-1

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Measuring Natural Hazard-Related Disasters through Self-Reports

doi: 10.1007/s13753-021-00359-1

1. Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University, Canberra, 2601, Australia;
2. University of San Carlos – Office of Population Studies Foundation, Inc. (USC-OPS), 6000, Cebu City, Philippines

Available Online: 2021-12-25
Publish Date: 2021-12-25

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Exposure to multiple natural hazard-related disasters will become more common due to climate change. This article reports on the development and validation of a cumulative measure of exposure to natural hazard-related disasters (2013–2017) at the area level, and an individual-level measure of disaster impact using data from the Longitudinal Cohort Study on the Filipino Child and linked data from the International Disaster Database (EM-DAT). Caregiver reports of cumulative exposure to disasters had statistically significant associations with disasters reported by neighborhood officials and with disasters in EM-DAT. Using ecometric techniques we generated a reliable community average measure of exposure to natural hazard-related disasters. Based on neighbor but not individual self-reports this exogenous measure of disaster exposure in the local area was more strongly related to EM-DAT and official neighborhood reports than individual reports. To capture household variation we developed an individual-level measure of disaster impacts. Disaster impact was associated with measures of exposure (individual and community average), community ratings by officials, and EM-DAT but only moderately associated with the community average exposure. Both the community average and disaster impacts measures were associated with household income and the adequacy of income in households.
- Disaster exposure,
- Measuring disasters,
- Philippines,
- Socioeconomic impacts,
- Social surveys,
- Subjective indicators

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