Table 5.

Multivariate models of housing search experiences, logistic (odds ratios) and linear regression, 2004 Detroit Area Study.

	Number applications	Number offers	Difficulty of Housing Search^a	Taken Advantage of
	(linear)	(linear)	(linear)	(logistic)
Model 1
African American Respondent	2.19^**	.49⁺	.32⁺	3.06^*
Constant	−1.02	.54⁺	1.95^***	n/a
R-squared	.11	.03	.01	n/a
Model 2
African American Respondent	n/a	n/a	.39^*	3.76^*
Homebuyer	n/a	n/a	.22	2.31⁺
Constant	n/a	n/a	1.69^***	n/a
R-squared	n/a	n/a	.02	n/a
Model 3
African American Respondent	1.66^**	.46^*	.31^*	4.4^***
Homebuyer	n/a	n/a	.24	2.6⁺
Age	.002	.01	.006	.99
Female	−1.02	−.07	.34^*	.63
Less HS	.65	.13	−.08	.39⁺
HS Degree	−1.28⁺	−.32⁺	−.16	.42
Some College	.71	−.22	−.12	.49
Children in HH	.62	.40^**	.10	.80
Time in Metro Area	−.01	−.01	−.01^*	.99
Annual Family Income <$20k	2.00^*	.11	−.18	1.45
$20k to <$40k	.84	.40⁺	−.19	2.29
$40k to <$80k	−.18	.03	−.40^*	1.66
Constant	−.02	.35	1.92^***	n/a
R-squared	.25	.10	.08	n/a
Sample Size	(155)	(270)	(414)	(414)

⁺

p<.10;

p<.05;

^**

p<.01;

^***

p<.001

Omitted categories are college degree and yearly family income greater than $80,000.

Difficulty of search is a five-point scale, reverse coded so that a 5 is “extremely difficult”.