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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Place. 2007 Sep 21;14(3):453–467. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.09.004

TABLE 3.

Neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics in controls

One-kilometer buffer
MHI Poverty Homes owned High school College
Median $56K 6% 71% 91% 34%
(IQ range) ($47K, $66K) (4%, 9%) (58%, 83%) (88%, 95%) (22%, 48%)
Correlation with
  MHI 1.00
  Poverty 0.71 1.00
  Homes owned 0.67 0.68 1.00
  High school 0.65 0.65 0.33 1.00
  College 0.63 0.35 0.08 0.72 1.00
Census block group
MHI Poverty Homes owned High school College
Median $56K 5% 78% 93% 34%
(IQ range) ($45K, $69K) (3%, 9%) (57%, 88%) (87%, 96%) (21%, 49%)
Correlation with
  MHI 1.00
  Poverty 0.61 1.00
  Homes owned 0.66 0.60 1.00
  High school 0.55 0.54 0.30 1.00
  College 0.60 0.34 0.14 0.66 1.00
Census tract
MHI Poverty Homes owned High school College
Median $54K 6% 70% 92% 34%
(IQ range) ($46K, $65K) (4%, 9%) (56%, 83%) (88%, 95%) (23%, 48%)
Correlation with
  MHI 1.00
  Poverty 0.72 1.00
  Homes owned 0.70 0.66 1.00
  High school 0.63 0.63 0.30 1.00
  College 0.58 0.34 0.08 0.72 1.00
ZIP code
MHI Poverty Homes owned High school College
Median $54K 7% 63% 91% 34%
(IQ range) ($47K, $62K) (5%, 10%) (57%, 74%) (88%, 94%) (23%, 47%)
Correlation with
  MHI 1.00
  Poverty 0.78 1.00
  Homes owned 0.56 0.67 1.00
  High school 0.67 0.67 0.20 1.00
  College 0.62 0.33 −0.09 0.74 1.00

Notes: IQ indicates interquartile; MHI indicates median household income for the given neighborhood definition, in thousands; poverty, percent of neighborhood residents above the federal poverty line; home owned, percent of neighborhood homes that are owner occupied; high school, percent of neighborhood residents over the age of 25 who have graduated from high school; college, percent of neighborhood residents over the age of 25 who have a college degree; Pearson correlation coefficients are shown, all are significantly different from zero (p < 0.001); N = 1,873 controls