Table 3.
Associations between each SES or race/ethnicity variable and PM2.5 or ozone from univariate linear regressions.
PM2.5 | Ozone | |||||
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Characteristic | Beta | 95% CIa | p-value | Beta | 95% CIa | p-value |
% Expensive homes | −0.070 | −0.083, −0.056 | <0.001 | −0.00033 | −0.00034, −0.00031 | <0.001 |
% Low income | 0.044 | 0.031, 0.058 | <0.001 | 0.00028 | 0.00027, 0.00029 | <0.001 |
% High income | −0.168 | −0.200, −0.135 | <0.001 | −0.00078 | −0.00081, −0.00076 | <0.001 |
% Poverty | −0.028 | −0.045, −0.012 | <0.001 | 0.00027 | 0.00026, 0.00028 | <0.001 |
SEP Index | −0.285 | −0.351, −0.220 | <0.001 | 0.00158 | 0.00153, 0.00164 | <0.001 |
Concentrated Disadvantage | −1.164 | −1.430, −0.899 | <0.001 | 0.00253 | 0.00230, 0.00276 | <0.001 |
% Unemployed | −0.024 | −0.045, −0.002 | 0.031 | 0.00041 | 0.00039, 0.00043 | <0.001 |
% White | 0.184 | 0.175, 0.192 | <0.001 | 0.00019 | 0.00018, 0.00020 | <0.001 |
% Black | −0.191 | −0.216, −0.166 | <0.001 | −0.00051 | −0.00053, −0.00049 | <0.001 |
% Asian | −0.157 | −0.173, −0.140 | <0.001 | −0.00055 | −0.00056, −0.00054 | <0.001 |
% Hispanic/Latino | −0.171 | −0.179, −0.163 | <0.001 | 0.00001 | 0.00001, 0.00002 | <0.001 |
% Working class | 0.079 | 0.058, 0.099 | <0.001 | 0.00068 | 0.00067, 0.00070 | <0.001 |
Smoking prevalence | 70.656 | 66.436, 74.875 | <0.001 | 0.08732 | 0.08364, 0.09099 | <0.001 |
CI = confidence interval