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Article
Publication Date
9-29-2026
Abstract
"This study examines perceived individual recovery and perceived community recovery among tornado survivors across three waves spanning four years. Using three-wave longitudinal survey data from survivors in Dallas, Texas; Nashville, Tennessee; and Birmingham, Alabama collected in 2021, 2022, and 2025, we estimate recovery trajectories using linear mixed-effects growth models. We link respondents to tract-level SVI 2020 component measures to examine whether tract-level social vulnerability contextualizes age differences in recovery perceptions. We ask: (1) How do perceived individual recovery and perceived community recovery change over time? (2) Do these trajectories differ by age group? (3) Do community social vulnerability measures contextualize age differences in perceived recovery, and does community context relate to perceived recovery differently across age groups?"
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Sizhuo Chen, Zhen Cong, Age differences in perceived individual and community recovery after tornadoes: implications for community-centered recovery policy in an aging society, Public Policy & Aging Report, 2026;, prag022, https://doi.org/10.1093/ppar/prag022
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This article was originally published in Public Policy & Aging Report in 2026. https://doi.org/10.1093/ppar/prag022