Disaster preparedness of households in selected coastal areas of Cavite / by Carol Homae, Kristine R. Presentacion and Tancy Agnes Tarizulu.

Thesis (BS Development Management--Training Program Management) Cavite State University

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College of Economics, Management, and Development Studies (CEMDS)

HOMAE, CAROL; PRESENTACION, KRISTINE R., and, TARIZULU, TANCY AGNES, Disaster Preparedness of Households in Selected Coastal Areas of Cavite. Undergraduate Thesis. Bachelor of Science in Development Management major in Training Program Management. Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite. April 2016. Adviser: Dr. Marietta C. Mojica.

The study was conducted to determine the level of disaster preparedness among households in selected coastal areas of Cavite. Specifically, it aimed to: describe the demographic and socio-economic profile of the participants and their households; determine the level of preparedness in terms of hazard knowledge, formal and informal plans and agreements, supportive resources acquired by the households for response activities, life safety protection initiated by the participants and their households, property protection plans and/or measures, and initiation of recovery plans and or measures; and determine the participants’ reasons for preparing or not
preparing for a disaster in their households.

This study adopted a descriptive research design. The participants came from the three selected high risk barangays/ municipalities/city: Barangay 8 in Cavite City, San Rafael IV in Noveleta and Muzon I in Rosario. Stratified random sampling determined the number of participants per barangay. A total of 96 participants were interviewed from November 2015 to January 2016 using a pre-tested survey questionnaire. Data analyses used frequency counts, means, standard deviation and percent. A 4-point Likert scale measured the level of preparedness in the six dimensions of disaster preparedness.

The participants were predominantly female (65%) with a mean age of 37 years, mostly married (69%) and high school graduates (35%). Only (59%) had occupation, usually in fishing (17%) and selling of different products (15%). Their average monthly income was P4, 312.82.

The participants’ households were mostly Tagalog (76%), Roman Catholic (94%), a nuclear family type (77%) with an average of five members. The average length of residency in the area was 20 years. Only 35 participants (36%) had dependents in their households with an average of four. The households’ average monthly income was P5, 219.37. Housing was mostly bungalow type (63%) made of wood (54%).

Participants were “somewhat prepared” in a) Hazard knowledge (3.03), b) formal and
informal plans and agreements (2.92), c) property protection (2.82), d) supportive resources (2.81), e) life and safety protection (2.78), and f) initiation of recovery (2.58).

In general, the participants had a somewhat prepared (2.82) level of disaster preparedness.

Bgy 8 (2.84), Muzon I (2.82), and San Rafael IV (2.80) had “somewhat prepared” level of disaster preparedness. The largest percentage (44%) of participants had “somewhat prepared” level of disaster preparedness, 29 percent were “very prepared” while 19 percent were “not too prepared”. Only eight percent of the participants were “not at all prepared”

Frequently mentioned reasons for preparing for a disaster were “already know the steps on what to do during calamities (49%) and for the protection of the family during disasters (36%). Six different individual reasons for not preparing for a disaster were mentioned by the participants.

Submitted to the University Library 08/04/2020 T-5936