Financial Preparedness for Emergencies

Age Patterns and Multilevel Vulnerabilities

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ID21460834
AuthorsZhen Cong (0000-0002-1949-056X, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA, corresponding author), Guanggang Feng (0000-0001-7915-814X, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA)
Year2022
Volume44
Issue3-4
Pages334-348
Publication date2022-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueResearch on Aging (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0164-0275 • E-ISSN: 1552-7573
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/01640275211034471
PMID34318726
OpenAlexW3186746009
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited72

Guided mainly by the social vulnerability perspective and life course perspective, this study examined age patterns of financial preparedness for emergencies and how they were contextualized by vulnerabilities at the individual and community levels. We matched data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency 2018 National Household Survey and 15 indicators of the Social Vulnerability Index at the county level. Two-level logistic regressions were conducted with the working sample, which included 4,623 respondents from 958 counties. The results showed that adults aged 18 to 44 were more likely than those aged 65 to 74 to set aside money for emergencies among Hispanics, those with minor children in the household, and in communities with higher levels of poverty, higher percentages of minorities, and higher percentages of no vehicles, but less likely to do so among the White and those with insurance. The findings were discussed within a multilevel layered vulnerability framework

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