DOI: 10.17603/ds2-dn0z-0111
title: Survey of Students and Households and Interviews with Key Stakeholders in Oklahoma
title: in Earthquake Adjustment in Oklahoma

description: The student data for this study were collected via a survey of undergraduate students enrolled in an Introduction to American Government course at Oklahoma State University. A link to the online survey was sent to 1721 students using Qualtrics survey software.To follow Dillman’s (1978) survey protocols over the internet, the initial survey was sent on August 29, 2016, and students received three reminder emails with links to the survey through September 23, 2016. We received 361 completed surveys for an overall response rate of 21%.

The household study used a stratified sampling procedure to identify household samples from the cities of Shawnee (zip codes: 74801, 74802, and 74804) and Sapulpa (zip codes: 74066 and 74067) in Oklahoma. The survey was sent out following (Dillman et al., 2009) procedures. Each household was sent as many as four survey packages (waves 1, 3, 4, and 5) and one reminder postcard (wave 2). The survey was collected from September 12 through October 23, 2016. The mailing list was obtained from Experian Information Solutions Inc. Due to moves and an inaccurate address, 34 addresses were taken out from the original mailing list. The questionnaires were sent out by USPS Mailing Service. Of the total number of survey packages, 1476 were mailed to Sapulpa and 1490 to Shawnee. There were 461 household respondents (436 mailed back and 25 online), 44 households refused, and 273 undeliverable survey packages, resulting in a response rate of 17.40%. Of the respondents, 217 were from Sapulpa and 244 were from Shawnee.

As part of this research effort, we conducted in-depth, semi-structured, interviews with 18 key stakeholders across the state, including local officials at the city and county level (primarily emergency managers and planners), state officials, nongovernmental organisations and representatives from the oil and gas industry. For the privacy of participants, we are not able to share the interview transcripts, but are sharing the interview guide.
description: The purpose of this study was to explore how citizens and other key stakeholders were adjusting to earthquakes in Oklahoma. We started this project because earthquakes began to become frequent in Oklahoma in 2009 and we were curious how people were adjusting to their newfound risk. We used mixed methods to address this research inquiry, including a survey of college students, (n=361), a survey of two cities representing different risk profiles (n=461), and interviews with emergency managers, nongovernmental organizations, and local and state officials (n=18). Our survey asked about hazard salience, risk perceptions, earthquake experience, hazard adjustments intentions and actions, and perceptions of potential hazard adjustments (response efficacy, self-efficacy, and response cost). Interview topics included: what hazards affected their jurisdictions, how they viewed the earthquake risk, efforts currently underway to address earthquake risk, how they communicated with the public about earthquakes, and their long-term strategies to address earthquake risk.

Here, we have the survey data, survey instrument, and interview instrument available for attributed use. Due to the sensitivity of the data, interview transcripts are not available. The survey instrument was largely modeled after Lindell and Whitney (2004) and provides an interesting case for comparison due to the induced seismicity threat in Oklahoma and because the student sample captures a pre- and post-earthquake sample for the largest earthquake in modern Oklahoma history.