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Factors that Predict Hearing About and Attending Emergency Preparedness Programs <br />• Bivariate analyses of predictors of hearing about programs signified that knowing the Neighborhood Liaison, <br /> <br />agreeing to social connectivity variables, age, and homeownership were significantly associated with hearing <br />about programs. These factors were investigated using logistic regression analyses. Table 6 represents the <br />logistic regression analyses of predictors. Values are odds ratios of the outcome given the predictor. In this <br />analysis, only knowing Neighborhood Liaison (OR=5.761, p=.004) and homeownership (OR=4.266, p<.0001) <br />were significant for predicting hearing about the programs. <br />Analyzing predictors for attending programs was questionable because the sample of respondents who reported attending programs was small <br />(n=9). Although age, education, housing type, and social connectivity were all non-significant predictors of attending programs, this small <br />sample had strong characteristic similarities. All attendees were of the middle or older age categories, homeowners, and agreed to having a social <br />event yearly. Also, 88% of program attendees had a Bachelor's degree or higher, reported that they lrnow many people in their neighborhood, <br />and lmow their Neighborhood Liaison. <br />Table 6: Predictors of Hearing ~6aufEmergency Preparedness Program <br />Predictor Odds Ratio 95% <br />Confidence Limits <br />Knowing Liaison 4.266* 2.084 8.732 <br />Social at Least Once/year 1.486 0.665 3.320 <br />Knowing Many People in <br />Neighborhood 0.586 0.248 1.362 <br />Greater Age 1.689 0.734 3.888 <br />Homeowner 5.761 * 1.708 19.426 <br />*p<.005 <br />Discussion <br />Falcon Heights is a fairly homogeneous community in terms of education and race/ethnicity. <br />Communities that are homogeneous in these characteristics have higher levels of neighboring behavior <br />(offering personaUinstrumentaUinformational support) than heterogeneous communities (Unger & <br />• Wandersman, 1982). Farrell et al (2004) suggest this occurrence happens because residents in socially similar <br />4L <br />