Abstract:

This is the fifth wave of the Community Oil Spill Survey (COSS). The data was collected in April 2013, three years out from the beginning of the oil spill. Conducted by Louisiana State University's Public Policy Research Lab, the COSS is a cross-sectional telephone survey of households randomly drawn from a listed sample of those living in the coastal zip codes of Plaquemines, Lafourche, and Terrebonne Parishes and the City of Grand Isle in Louisiana.

Suggested Citation:

Tim Slack and Troy Blanchard. 2014. Community Oil Spill Survey (COSS), Wave 5, People of Plaquemines, Lafourche, Terrebonne Parishes and Grand Isle, Louisiana, April 2013.. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7DZ068V

Publications:

Cope, M. R., Slack, T., Blanchard, T. C., & Lee, M. R. (2016). It’s Not Whether You Win or Lose, It’s How You Place the Blame: Shifting Perceptions of Recreancy in the Context of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Rural Sociology, 81(3), 295–315. doi:10.1111/ruso.12096

Parks, V., Drakeford, L., Cope, M. R., & Slack, T. (2017). Disruption of Routine Behaviors Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Society & Natural Resources, 31(3), 277–290. doi:10.1080/08941920.2017.1377794

Cope, M. R., & Slack, T. (2016). Emplaced social vulnerability to technological disasters: Southeast Louisiana and the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Population and Environment, 38(3), 217–241. doi:10.1007/s11111-016-0257-8

Cope, M. R., Slack, T., Jackson, J. E., & Parks, V. (2020). Community sentiment following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster: A test of time, systemic community, and corrosive community models. Journal of Rural Studies, 74, 124–132. doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.12.019

Cope, M. R., Slack, T., Blanchard, T. C., Lee, M. R., & Jackson, J. E. (2020). The Louisiana Community Oil Spill Survey (COSS) dataset. Data in Brief, 30, 105390. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2020.105390

Purpose:

Assessing social impacts of the oil spill in affected communities in southeast Louisiana.

Data Parameters and Units:

The COSS is a cross-sectional telephone survey of households randomly drawn from a listed sample of those living in the coastal zip codes of Plaquemines, Lafourche, and Terrebonne Parishes and the City of Grand Isle in Louisiana. COSS WAVE 4_Supporting Materials.pdf-- Disposition (21 classes of response to phone call) (Don't Know/Not Sure, Refused are options for all questions), home proximity to the coast (GoM coastline, GoM coastline waters, less than 1, 1-5, 5-10, 10-20, 20-50, greater than 50 miles), community name, satisfaction with place you live (1-5 dissatisfied to satisfied), likely to recommend to a friend as a place to live (1-5 unlikely to likely), Five years from now compared to now as a place to live (1-5 worse to better), to say proud to live here (1-5 disagree to agree), to say perfect place for people like me (1-5 disagree to agree), your community compared to ideal (1-5 worst to best), can get what you need from the community (1-5 agree to disagree), community helps you to fulfill needs (1-5 agree to disagree), feel like a member of the community (1-5 agree to disagree), sense of belonging to the community (1-5 agree to disagree), having a say about what goes on in the community (1-5 agree to disagree), people in the community are good at influencing each other (1-5 agree to disagree), feeling of connection to the community (1-5 agree to disagree), good bond with others (1-5 agree to disagree), general health (1-5 excellent to poor), stress when oil spill occurred (1-10 none to extremely), stress while the well was leaking (1-10 none to extremely), stress since BP officially declared the well dead in September (1-10 none to extremely), times experienced [anxiety, anger, happiness, worry, depression, sadness, excitement, nervousness, fear, hopefulness] because of the oil spill (1-4 constantly to never), times experienced anger because of the oil spill (1-4 constantly to never), times in the last week [sick to your stomach, diarrhea, headaches or Migraines, aches and pains in your joints or muscles, loss of appetite, chest pains, shortness of breath] because of the oil spill (1-4 constantly to never), experienced worry or concern because of the oil spill preventing your good night's sleep because of the oil spill, getting along well with friends, getting along well with family members, your usual daily chores, your being able to take care of your family as well as you would like] (Yes, No), experienced worry or concern because of the oil spill caused you to [drink alcohol, eat, curse, exercise, sleep, watch television, surf the internet more, get together with friends and family, pray, go to church] more than you usually do (Yes, No), since the oil spill first started has it caused you to worry about [your family's ability to make a living, friends' and community's ability to make a living, community's survival, it forcing you to move] over the next couple of years (Yes, No), rate your understanding about [what caused, consequences of] the oil spill (1-3 very to not at all knowledgeable), Oil spill information you trust [Federal Government, BP Representative, State Representatives] (Yes, No), Blame consequence of the spill like oil in th marsh, moratorium on drilling, closure of fisheries on [Federal Government, BP, Louisiana State Government, There is no one to blame] (Yes, No), Household Economic Impact of [moratorium on deepwater drilling, oil spill compared to last year, income compared to last year, out-of-pocket spending on medical care] (1-5 major negative impact to major positive impact), Have any member of your family [lost their job, who is unemployed become so discouraged with their job prospects that they quit actively looking for a job, working significantly fewer hours than they would prefer] due to the impact of the oil spill (Yes, No), Does anyone in your household own their own business (Yes, No), If yes economic impact on the business (1-5 major negative impact to major positive impact), Did the business close if negative impact (Yes, No), Do you or any member of your immediate family currently work in [the oil industry, the fishing or seafood industries, the restaurant or hotel or tourist industries] (Yes, No), How many years have you lived in your community (less than 1, 1-5, 6-10, 11-20, greater than 20 years, all my life), Did you have plans to move away prior to the oil spill (Yes, No), Do you expect to be living here five years from now when you are thinking about how things have been since the oil spill stopped in September (Yes, No), Which of the following are reasons you consider moving (look for work, new job, retiring, better home, better neighborhood, to own a home and not rent, cheaper housing, school, job training, environmental concerns, health reasons), Rate your community as a place to live (1-4 excellent to poor), do you own the place you currently live (Yes, No), Number of people in your household, number of children 17 or younger, marital status, year born, amount of schooling, race affiliation, religious affiliation, frequency join religious community (each week, almost weekly, monthly, few times year, less than that), employment (full-time, part-time, retired, unemployed and looking for work, unemployed and not looking for work, on disability), income last year, gender. Additional questions: how much do you have in common with most people in your community (1-5 nothing to everything), over the past five years has your community generally become more desirable, stayed about the same or less desirable as a place to live?, percentage of [adults in the community that you konw on a first name basis, relatives including your spouse's relatives that live within an hour of you, your closest friends within an hour of you] (0-24%, 25-49%, 50-74%, 75-100%), [you often feel lonely, you visit your neighbors in their homes, you borrow things and exchange favors with your neighbors, you rarely have neighbors over at your house to visit] (1-5 strongly agree to strongly disagree), Did Hurrican Isaac cause evacuation orders in your community? (Yes, No), Dis you evacuate? (Yes, No), How would you describe the economic impact of Hurricane Isaac [on your community, on your household] (1-5 major negative impact to major positive impact).

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