TABLE 1—

Neighborhood Characteristics and Individual Measures of Socioeconomic Status (SES), by Race and Neighborhood SES Score Tertiles: Dental ARIC Study, 1996–1998

	Whites (n = 4506)			African Americans (n = 1171)
	Lowest Tertile (z = −7.26 to 1.24)	Middle Tertile (z = 1.25 to 3.91)	Highest Tertile (z = 3.92 to 14.4)	Lowest Tertile (z = −11.3 to −5.5)	Middle Tertile (z = −5.6 to −1.81)	Highest Tertile (z = −1.82 to 11.2)
Neighborhood level
No. of participants	1495	1480	1531	405	365	401
No. of neighborhoods	207	185	199	49	50	67
Neighborhood score mean	−0.83	2.57	6.76	−7.22	−3.4	1.90
Median household income, $	29 529	37 443	49 588	12 076	19 304	34 651
Median housing unit value, $	73 572	89 052	117 087	33 277	44 026	64 418
Households with interest, dividends, or rental income, %	39	51	63	6	14	26
Adult residents with high-school diploma, %	71	83	93	46	66	82
Adult residents with college degree, %	10	21	41	8	17	37
Employed residents in executive, managerial, or professional occupation, %	17	29	43	12	20	34
Individual level, %
Education
Less than high school	19.6	8.4	3.6	41.2	30.4	16.2
High school/vocational school	55.0	51.9	32.7	33.1	32.1	22.7
College or higher	25.4	39.7	63.7	25.7	37.5	61.1
Income categorya
Low	50.9	30.4	22.3	52.6	41.2	19.2
Medium	41.9	44.0	45.1	41.2	46.8	45.6
High	7.2	16.6	32.6	6.1	12.0	35.2

^aIncome categories were race specific: < $35 000, $35 000–$74 999, and ≥ $75 000 for Whites and < $16 000, $16 000–$49 999, and ≥ $50 000 for African Americans.