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. 2021 Oct 29;60(8):1403–1426. doi: 10.1177/00420980211050183

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of all variables.

Group 1: metropolitan statistical areas Group 2: top 100 largest cities
N Mean Std Min Max N Mean Std Min Max
Dependent variables
 Work behaviour rate (%) 3,665,579 10.12 6.02 2.43 83.10 994,358 12.21 7.03 3.12 63.23
 Distance travelled (km) 3,665,579 8.93 38.07 0.00 130.21 994,358 9.63 22.50 0 112.32
 Non-home time (hours) 3,665,579 1.03 1.64 0.00 23.43 994,358 1.65 1.93 0 23.41
Independent variables
 Time window
  Before order/first case 1,131,167 288,430
  0–5 days 314,201 85,130
  6–14 days 471,315 127,692
  15–19 days 261,854 70,946
  20+ days 1,487,042 420,900
Ethnic segregation index
 Ethnic diversity 52,397 0.69 0.28 0.01 1.44 15,735 0.45 0.25 0.01 1.40
 Black–White dissimilarity 52,397 0.01 0.14 0 0.80 15,735 0.05 0.20 0 0.73
 Hispanic–White dissimilarity 52,397 0.01 0.18 0 0.64 15,735 0.03 0.17 0 0.62
 Black-White interaction 52,397 0.01 0.12 0 0.96 15,735 0.05 0.14 0 0.98
 Hispanic-White interaction 52,397 0.01 0.10 0 0.96 15,735 0.05 0.16 0 0.93
 Black concentration 52,397 0.002 0.11 0 0.99 15,735 0.01 0.20 0 0.97
 Hispanic concentration 52,397 0.002 0.13 0 0.83 15,735 0.01 0.17 0 0.78
Control variables
 Essential occupation rate (%) 52,397 17.32 5.02 0 33.32 15,735 15.45 4.12 0 32.46
 Poverty rate (%) 52,397 15.43 7.64 0 100 15,735 15.24 8.02 0 63.64
 No-college-degree rate (%) 52,397 77.26 12.78 0 100 15,735 80.24 14.64 45.85 100
 POI mix index 52,397 1.56 0.82 0.10 1.78 15,735 1.54 0.76 0.55 1.70
 County-level Trump share (%)* 954 56.98 15.55 4.12 89.85 105 38.22 16.00 4.12 73.50
 COVID-19 new cases 71,550 30 162 0 5900 7,875 42 154 0 5900
*

There are 954 counties in all the 384 MSAs; 105 counties have overlaps with the top 100 cities.