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. 2008 May 15;85(5):642–661. doi: 10.1007/s11524-008-9288-5

Table 1.

Descriptive tables of demographic variables

Individual-level variables N Percent Mean SD
Age 919 46.3 0.8
Gender
Male 287 47.7
Female 632 52.3
Marital status
Married 230 26.4
Not currently married 689 73.6
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic 182 22.2
White 199 18.8
Black 522 56.8
Other 16 2.3
Annual household income
<$10,000 250 27.3
$10,000-$19,999 238 26.0
$20,000–34,999 230 23.6
$35,000 or more 201 23.0
Education
<12 years 327 36.9
12 years 259 29.1
>12 years 321 32.8
Other 12 1.2
Number of members in HU 919 2.8 0.1
Length of residence in neighborhood 919 18.5 0.7
In labor force
No 339 35.1
Yes 580 64.9
Home owner
Yes 424 51.5
No 495 48.5
Perceived social environmental stress 919 2.7 0.1
Perceived physical environmental stress 919 2.9 0.0
Neighborhood-level variables
Percent poverty 69 34.6 12.6
Percent African American 69 66.8 36.0
Percent Latino 69 15.1 26.3
Residential Stability 69 56.1 14.3
Mean percent poverty, surrounding neighborhoods 69 32.7 7.7