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. 2005 Aug;95(8):1375–1381. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.048967

TABLE 3—

Correlation Between Socioeconomic Variables (Kendall’sτ-b): Limache, Chile, January 2001 through April 2003

Maternal Schooling (n = 1129) Paternal Schooling (n = 1052) Head of Household’s Occupation (n = 1200) Completion of Welfare Form (n = 1164) Housing (n = 1228) Belongings (n = 1230) Car Ownership (n = 1231) Number of Siblings (n = 1230) Overcrowded Household (n = 1226)
Participant schooling (n = 1231) 0.287 0.273 0.334 −0.090 0.198 0.426 0.178 −0.218 −0.215
Maternal schooling . . . 0.404 0.189 −0.076 0.115 0.264 0.153 −0.187 −0.129
Paternal schooling . . . . . . 0.209 −0.107 0.134 0.256 0.101 −0.163 −0.088
Head of household’s occupation . . . . . . . . . −0.114 0.165 0.320 0.208 −0.124 −0.205
Completion of welfare form . . . . . . . . . . . . −0.064 −0.169 −0.112 −0.100 0.147
Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.238 0.114 −0.100 −0.277
Belongings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.286 −0.182 −0.215
Car ownership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . −0.100 −0.109
Number of siblings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.120

Note. All pairs of correlations were significant at P < .05.