4818.5 - Community Preparedness for Emergencies, Oct 2007  
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APPENDIX


ADDITIONAL DATA AVAILABLE

In addition to the statistics provided in this publication, the ABS can produce customised tabulations on request. Subject to confidentiality and sampling variability constraints, tabulations can be produced from the survey by cross-classifying any of the following data items for the relevant survey populations.


DATA ITEMS

Dwelling characteristics

Area of usual residence

      Perth Region
      Balance of WA Region

Region of usual residence
      Central Metropolitan
      Eastern Metropolitan
      Northern Metropolitan
      South West Metropolitan
      South East Metropolitan
      Lower Western WA
      Remainder - Balance of WA

Dwelling type
      Separate house
      Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc.
      Flat, unit or apartment and Other dwelling combined


Household characteristics

Tenure type
      Fully owned, or being purchased
      Rented
      Other

Household type
      Person living alone
      Couple only
      Couple with children
      Couple with children aged 0-14
      Couple with children aged 0-14, and 15 and over
      Couple with children aged 15 and over
      Lone parent with children
      Lone parent with children aged 0-14
      Lone parent with children aged 0-14, and 15 and over
      Lone parent with children aged 15 and over
      All other households

Specific age profile category of household
      At least one child under 15 years of age
      At least one person aged 60 years and over
      Households with persons aged between 15 to 59 years only

Household size
      Lone person
      Two person
      Three person
      Four or more persons


Evacuation and selected household characteristics

Experienced any major emergencies

Households with members needing help to exit the dwelling due to:
      Mobility impaired
      Visually impaired
      Hearing impaired
      Intellectual disability
      Other

Household members needing transport assistance to leave the area

Households with alternate accommodation if evacuated

Pets needing evacuation

Household members providing unpaid care for non-household members

Household members who have a role that may require them to assist in an emergency, as:
      Volunteer
      Paid employment
      Other (specify)

Households with at least one member who does not understand English

Household members unwilling to evacuate and reason:
      Looters, security or vandalism
      Stay & protect in a bushfire
      Other


Preparedness for emergency

Whether household has stored drinking water

Households with stored drinking water in bottles, containers or tanks
      Less than 1 litre
      1 to less than 5 litres
      5 to less than 10 litres
      10 to less than 20 litres
      20 litres or more
      Uncertain in the volume of stored drinking water

Whether household has food that does not need cooking or refrigeration

Quantity of this type of food the household has available to sustain its members expressed in days:
      1 - 2 days of consumption
      3 - 6 days of consumption
      7 - 14 days of consumption
      14 days or more of consumption
      Don't know

Whether household has a portable radio with working batteries

Number of mobile phones in household
      0
      1
      2
      3
      4
      5 or more

Whether household has landline telephone service

Types of landline handsets present in the household with landline
      Cordless
      Fixed
      Both
      Uncertain in the type of landline handsets available

Whether household has access to the internet

Whether any member of household has first aid qualification

Whether anyone in the household is on medication for long term medical conditions

Whether household keeps medication together

Whether household keeps important documents together

Whether household has a torch which is ready for use