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. 2005 Feb;95(2):224–232. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.037705

TABLE 3—

Neighborhood Predictors of Violence: Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods Waves 1–3, Age Cohorts 9–18a,b

Model 1,Coefficient (SE) Model 2,Coefficient (SE) Model 3,Coefficient (SE)
Intercept −1.050 (0.043)** −1.056 (0.044)** −1.049 (0.043)**
% Blackc 0.031 (0.095)
% 1st-generation immigrantc −0.524 (0.154)** −0.563 (0.125)** −0.532 (0.108)**
% professional/managerial occupationc −0.652 (0.220)** −0.659 (0.196)** −0.511 (0.178)**
Concentrated disadvantage 0.027 (0.028)
Residential stability −0.009 (0.019)
Moral/legal cynicism 0.045 (0.019)* 0.040 (0.019)*
Collective efficacy 0.002 (0.022)
Friend/kin ties −0.018 (0.022)
Organizations/youth services 0.006 (0.021)
Natural log violent crime rate, 1993 0.085 (0.030)**

Note. Coefficients are derived from equation 2 in “Statistical Methods” section.

aAll models control for individual and family characteristics included in Table 2, model 5.

bn = 58 700 item responses (level 1), 2925 persons (level 2), 180 census tracts (level 3).

cCoefficients and standard errors have been multiplied by 100.

* P < .05; **P < .01.