TABLE 2.
Descriptive characteristics of neighborhood predictors among the 27 neighborhood clusters
| Census Data | ||
| Median household income (US$) | 22,390 | 4,776 |
| Characteristics | Mean | SD |
| Percent female householder | 43 | 6.5 |
| Percent vacant housing units | 13.2 | 4.8 |
| Percent high school graduate or higher | 33.1 | 4.4 |
| Percent unemployed | 10.8 | 4.5 |
| Percent using public transportation | 14 | 5.4 |
| Percent lacking plumbing facilities | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| Percent lacking kitchen facilities | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| Percent with no telephone service | 10 | 3.5 |
| Percent with public assistance income | 17.2 | 6.3 |
| Percent living in the same address since 1995 | 59.3 | 11.3 |
| Percent who receive earnings | 71 | 8.2 |
| Composite Score SES Disadvantage | 0.6 | 1.3 |
| Geocoded Information* | ||
| Dentists | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| Grocery stores | 4.1 | 2.5 |
| Churches | 8.4 | 5.9 |
*
Absolute numbers not adjusted for population size.