MORTALITY, THE FAMILY AND THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Frankenberg, Elizabeth; Gillespie, Thomas; Preston, Samuel; Sikoki, Bondan; Thomas, Duncan
• 署名单位: Duke University; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; University of Pennsylvania
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2011.02446.x
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: F162-F182
• 关键词: aceh province; sumatra; GENDER

摘要

Over 130,000 people died in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The correlates of survival are examined using data from the Study of the Tsunami Aftermath and Recovery (STAR), a population-representative survey collected in Aceh and North Sumatra, Indonesia, before and after the tsunami. Children, older adults and females were the least likely to survive. Whereas socio-economic factors mattered relatively little, the evidence is consistent with physical strength playing a role. Pre-tsunami household composition is predictive of survival and suggests that stronger members sought to help weaker members: men helped their wives, parents and children, while women helped their children.