Table 2.

Descriptive statistics and correlation matrix for independent variables

Variables	Mean (S.D.)	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)
Continuous variables
(1) Population density (in thousands)	2.444 (2.482)	1
(2) Age dependency ratio x 100	63.102 (20.981)	–0.407**	1
(3) Socioeconomic vulnerability index	51.353 (28.369)	0.071	–0.114**	1
(4) % Retail industry employment	11.865 (5.443)	–0.181**	–0.005	0.172**	1
Binary variables
(5) Black or Hispanic majority (0,1)	0.101 (0.301)	0.274**	–0.015	0.403**	–0.114**	1
(6) No racial or ethnic majority (0, 1)	0.048 (0.214)	0.161**	–0.111**	0.110**	–0.016	–0.072	1
(7) K-12 public school (0,1)	0.670 (0.471)	–0.096*	0.015	–0.000	–0.014	–0.052	–0.049	1
Sample size	606

Note The statistical significance of pairwise Pearson correlation coefficients are denoted by * and ** for significance at the 5% and 1% levels, respectively