Research Article
Exploring the Potential of Using Privately-Owned, Self-Driving Autonomous Vehicles for Evacuation Assistance
Table 1
Summary statistics of selected variables and relationship with evacuation sharing variable
| Variable | Total | Min | Max | Mean | S. dev | Parameters | S. err |
| Dependent variable | Willingness to share AV for evacuation | 518 | 1 | 5 | 3.409 | 1.603 | — | — |
| Independent variables | Demographics | Gender: womenfemale | 518 | 0 | 1 | 0.494 | 0.500 | 0.038 | 0.158 | High income ( per year) | 518 | 0 | 1 | 0.288 | 0.453 | −0.120 | 0.175 | Household size | 512 | 1 | 5 | 2.740 | 1.207 | 0.010 | 0.066 | Educated with a 4-year degree or more | 518 | 0 | 1 | 0.508 | 0.500 | 0.008 | 0.158 | Age 65 or older | 518 | 0 | 1 | 0.168 | 0.374 | −0.754 | 0.213 | Income under per year | 518 | 0 | 1 | 0.077 | 0.267 | −0.504 | 0.296 | Unemployed | 518 | 0 | 1 | 0.071 | 0.258 | 0.646 | 0.320 | Race: white/caucasian | 518 | 0 | 1 | 0.689 | 0.463 | 0.011 | 0.171 | Living in urban area | 518 | 0 | 1 | 0.110 | 0.313 | 0.202 | 0.255 |
| Technology | Use of ride-hailing services 8+ times in past year | 518 | 0 | 1 | 0.168 | 0.374 | 0.671 | 0.219 | 0 or 1 social media accounts | 518 | 0 | 1 | 0.214 | 0.411 | −0.886 | 0.195 | High comfort in AV deliveries in 5 years | 518 | 0 | 1 | 0.514 | 0.500 | 0.993 | 0.163 | High comfort in sharing AV for income in 5 years | 518 | 0 | 1 | 0.108 | 0.311 | 1.144 | 0.280 | High number of technology features on newest vehicle | 501 | 0 | 1 | 0.158 | 0.365 | −0.279 | 0.220 |
| Evacuation experience | Household evacuation experience | 518 | 0 | 1 | 0.322 | 0.468 | 0.105 | 0.170 | Experience evacuating with friends/family | 167 | 0 | 1 | 0.144 | 0.352 | 1.925 | 0.498 | Received evacuation assistance from friends/family | 167 | 0 | 1 | 0.329 | 0.471 | 1.346 | 0.321 |
| Giving and volunteering | Giving to charitable causes more than once per year | 518 | 0 | 1 | 0.635 | 0.482 | 0.382 | 0.165 | Volunteering more than once per year | 518 | 0 | 1 | 0.508 | 0.500 | 0.527 | 0.160 | Experience giving any disaster relief assistance | 518 | 0 | 1 | 0.629 | 0.483 | 1.070 | 0.168 | Experience giving to assist friends/family in disaster relief efforts | 518 | 0 | 1 | 0.259 | 0.438 | 0.514 | 0.184 | Takes religious trips during a typical week | 518 | 0 | 1 | 0.334 | 0.472 | 0.458 | 0.170 |
| Commuting | Commuting by single-occupancy vehicle | 335 | 0 | 1 | 0.833 | 0.374 | −0.281 | 0.267 | Commute length | 324 | 10 | 60 | 23.386 | 13.825 | −0.005 | 0.007 | Regular weekly commute schedule | 335 | 0 | 1 | 0.684 | 0.466 | −0.126 | 0.213 |
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