Research Article

Studying the Role of Behavioral Characteristics in Individuals Travel Choice Behavior in Response to Earthquake Disaster Using Discrete Choice Models

Table 6

The result of nonparametric analysis of socioeconomic/behavioral characteristics.

Evacuation∗socioeconomic/behavioral characteristics cross tabulation
The categories of the dependent variables% frequency percentage of the values for evacuation variableX2 valueφc valueCramer’s V value
0 (%)1 (%)

GENDERFemale47.652.46.46
 = 0.011
0.109
 = 0.011
Male58.541.5

Marital statusSingle59.840.24.431
 = 0.035
0.090
 = 0.035
Married50.349.7

AgeAge122.817.117.38
 = 0.004
0.179
 = 0.004
Age225.928.7
Age324.817.5
Age412.924.7
Age57.58.0
Age66.14.0

EduEdu116.3%13.5%7.188
 = 0.05
0.115
 = 0.05
Edu260.261.0
Edu317.313.5
Edu46.112.0

JobJob134.732.338.192
 ≤ 0.001
0.265
 ≤ 0.001
Job21.48.0
Job38.28.0
Job41.43.2
Job52.00.0
Job618.415.9
Job714.316.7
Job88.212.7
Job95.42.4
Job106.10.8

Home ownershipYes67.328.012.533
 ≤ 0.001
0.152
 ≤ 0.001
No32.772

CARUSECARUSE111.910.46.238
 = 0.05
0.107
CARUSE252.056.6
CARUSE336.133.1

Trip purposeTrip purpose118.416.78.64
 ≤ 0.001
0.126
 ≤ 0.001
Trip purpose251.752.2
Trip purpose310.24.8
Trip purpose48.812.7
Trip purpose52.72.4
Trip purpose68.211.2

Geographical location of daily tripsNorth22.431.55.724
 = 0.05
0.102
 = 0.05
Central60.954.6
South16.713.9

TrafficTraffic14.8%8.4%25.717
 ≤ 0.001
0.217
 ≤ 0.001
Traffic224.518.7
Traffic346.652.6
Traffic420.19.2
Traffic54.111.2

FamiliarFamiliar150.050.013.96
 = 0.007
0.25
 = 0.001
Familiar268.231.8
Familiar348.651.4
Familiar461.638.4
Familiar545.354.7

ExperienceExperience144.455.615.5
 = 0.001
0.168
 = 0.015
Experience265.534.5
Experience354.046.0
Experience454.945.1
Experience526.373.7

ReligiousReligious175.025.09.537
 = 0.04
0.132
 = 0.04
Religious239.360.7
Religious354.745.3
Religious450.050.0
Religious561.538.5

TrainingTraining144.855.228.20
 = 0.001
0.227
 = 0.001
Training2100.00.0
Training361.438.6
Training450.449.6
Training537.962.1

FollowFollow161.538.512.35
 = 0.01
0150
 = 0.015
Follow244.655.4
Follow356.243.8
Follow466.733.3
Follow543.856.3

SeveritySeverity145.932.319.79
 ≤ 0.001
0.191
 ≤ 0.001
Severity245.247.0
Severity38.820.7

TimeDay24.531.93.670
 = 0.055
0.082
 = 0.055
Night75.568.1

 < 0.01,  < 0.05, and  ≤ 0.10 denote significance at 1%, 5%, and 10% levels;  > 0.1: not significant.