The Role of Gender in Preparedness and Response Behaviors towards Flood Risk in Serbia.

ABSTRACT: Adverse outcomes from 2014 flooding in Serbia indicated problematic response phase management accentuated by a gender imbalance. For this reason, we investigated the risk perceptions and preparedness of women and men regarding these types of events in Serbia. Face-to-face interviews, administered to 2500 participants, were conducted across 19 of 191 municipalities. In light of the current findings, men seemed to be more confident in their abilities to cope with flooding, perceiving greater individual and household preparedness. By contrast, women displayed a deeper understanding of these events. Perhaps owing to a deeper level of understanding, women demonstrated more household-caring attitudes and behaviors and were more prone to report a willingness to help flood victims at reception cen

SUBMITTER: Cvetkovic VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6313390 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature