Household Survey Instrument, November 26, 2016: Wave 1

This collection archives instruments and planning materials related to the household survey for Wave 1 of the Lumberton, NC Field Study conducted by the Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning, a NIST-funded Center of Excellence. The instrument was designed to gather specific types of information on the household (social) that occupied the housing unit at the time of the flooding. The household survey instrument was designed to collect information on a number of features of the housing unit’s occupancy status, either based on determinations made by the interviewing team or on the basis of information obtained from surrounding neighbors, property managers (or some other source), or adult members of the occupying household. The survey instrument was designed to collect information on: (1) disruption of major lifeline utilities (e.g., electricity, natural gas, and water) and communications (phone and internet), (2) an enumeration of household members along with basic demographic information (gender and age), (3) dislocation/displacement with respect to each household member, (4) employment and student status of each member, (5) amount of time each member missed work or school; (6) if others joined the household due to the flooding, (7) tenure status (i.e., rental vs owner), (8) applications to disaster assistance programs (insurance, FEMA, SBA), and (9) additional household socioeconomic and -demographics (e.g., highest education status, race/ethnicity, and annual income).