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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses the social vulnerability index (SVI) to evaluate the impact of disasters on communities, weighting the damage with social factors in the states ofKansasandMaryland.

The data consolidated by the CDC is used to determine the most vulnerable areas should a disaster occur. In a perfect world, the indicators of vulnerability would represent the people correctly. Currently, this far-from-perfect method is the best that has been developed. There may be indicators that are not adequately predictive of social vulnerability.

What relationships exist in the states ofKansasandMarylandbetween the socioeconomic indicators, household, and composition indicators, disability indicators, and social vulnerability when using the data consolidated by the CDC (2018a)?

What indicators in the states ofKansasandMarylandbetween the socioeconomic indicators, household, and composition indicators, disability indicators have the most influence in predicting social vulnerability when using the data consolidated by the CDC (2018a)?