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Older people in disaster: a comparison of black and white victims
1Department of Sociology and Anthropology, New Mexico State University, Los Cruces 87131.
International Journal of Aging & Human Development
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
This research examines differential vulnerability to environmental stressors among white and black elderly and non-elderly disaster victims. The research identifies the determinants of psychosocial recovery for those four demographic groups. A total of 431 families who were victims of a tornado were interviewed for the study. A path model of the determinants of psychosocial recovery is presented, and observations are made regarding intervention strategies for older disaster victims.