Variables | B | SE | Exp(B) |
---|---|---|---|
Age | −0.034 |
0.009 | 0.967 |
Education | −0.084 |
0.033 | 0.919 |
Disabled/ill | −0.774 |
0.267 | 2.168 |
Income | −0.753 |
0.309 | 0.471 |
Livestock | −0.213 | 0.251 | 0.808 |
Affiliation | −0.061 | 0.314 | 0.941 |
Flooding experience | −0.074 |
0.035 | 1.077 |
Distance | −0.178 | 0.342 | 1.194 |
Warning | −1.270 |
0.326 | 0.281 |
Purbachhatnai | −1.400 |
0.363 | 0.247 |
Belka | −1.548 |
0.345 | 0.213 |
Constant | −3.050 |
0.772 | 21.119 |
Category | Purbachhatnai | Gajaghanta | Belka |
---|---|---|---|
Area [km2] | 18 | 19 | 21 |
Total households | 3435 | 7929 | 7608 |
Location along the Teesta River | Upstream | Midstream | Downstream |
Infrastructure measures |
Earthen and concrete embankment, spurs were found during the field visit, some areas were exposed to river | Earthen and concrete embankment, embankment reconstruction was going on during the field survey, few areas are exposed to river due to bank erosion | Exposed to Teesta River, no protection embankment was found in the field survey locations |
Factor | Decisions on evacuation | Examples of sources |
---|---|---|
Socio-economic and demographic characteristics | ||
Age (older people) | + | |
Education (college level) | + | |
Livestock ownership | + | |
Dependent family member (e.g. having children) | + | |
Membership in NGOs | + | |
Income (poor households) | + | |
House ownership (own house) | + | |
Hazard related factors | ||
Floodwater depth in house | + | |
Proximity to water source | + |
Category name | Variable | Variable description | Mean | SD |
---|---|---|---|---|
Socio-demographic | Age | Age of household head (in years) | 48.93 | 14.15 |
Education | Highest education within the households (continuous) | 7.31 | 3.90 | |
Disabled/ill | Household has at least one disabled/chronically ill member(s): yes = 1, otherwise = 0 | 0.37 | 0.48 | |
Income | Monthly income of household >Tk. 10,001: yes = 1, otherwise = 0 | 0.24 | 0.43 | |
Livestock | Household has livestock: yes = 1, otherwise = 0 | 0.60 | 0.49 | |
Affiliation | Household is affiliated with NGOs: yes = 1, otherwise = 0 | 0.19 | 0.40 | |
Hazard related factors | Flooding experience | Maximum height of floodwater inside the house in 2017 flood (in feet) | 6.58 | 4.43 |
Distance | House is located within 1000 m from the riverbank: yes = 1, otherwise = 0 | 0.85 | 0.36 | |
Early warning message | Warning | Household received last flood (in 2017) disaster warning: yes = 1, otherwise = 0 | 0.82 | 0.39 |
Regional variables | Purbachhatnai | Household lived in Purbachhatnai: yes = 1, otherwise = 0 | 0.18 | 0.39 |
Belka | Household lived in Belka: yes = 1, otherwise = 0 | 0.40 | 0.49 |
Socio-demographic profile | Percentage [%] |
---|---|
Age of household head (in years) | |
<30 | 7.7 |
30–50 | 45.9 |
>50 | 46.4 |
Sex of household head | |
Male | 94.7 |
Female | 5.3 |
Highest education within household | |
No formal education | 9.0 |
1–5 | 24.9 |
6–10 | 52.3 |
>10 | 13.8 |
Average income of the household (in BDT per month) | |
<6000 | 33.4 |
6001–10,000 | 42.7 |
>10,001 | 23.9 |
Occupation of household head | |
Agriculture | 63.1 |
Wage labour | 22.8 |
Business | 6.6 |
Service | 1.9 |
Others | 5.6 |
Construction material of the house | |
Thatched house | 6.4 |
Corrugated iron (CoI) | 76.9 |
Thatches with CoI sheet | 10.3 |
Semi wall | 6.4 |
Ownership of agricultural lands (in acres) | |
Without agricultural land | 48.0 |
0.04–0.20 acres | 7.4 |
0.21–1 acres | 34.0 |
>1.01 acres | 10.6 |
Ownership of land where the house is located | |
Own land | 68.3 |
Relative land | 22.7 |
Government (Khas) land | 2.5 |
Rented land | 6.4 |