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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 3.
Published in final edited form as: Urban Aff Rev Thousand Oaks Calif. 2008;43(6):846–874. doi: 10.1177/1078087408314774

Appendix.

Descriptive Statistics

Mean Standard Deviation
Aggravated assaults per 1,000 population (2000–2004 yearly average)+ 15.396 14.634
Robberies per 1,000 (2000–2004 yearly average)+ 11.604 11.440
Drug overdose deaths per 1,000 population (1995–2002 total) + 0.856 1.633
Nondrug accidental deaths per, 1000 population (1995–2002 total) + 1.449 1.242
% of the population Black + 33.137 37.417
Residential Instability Index (Alpha = .689)
  % moved since 1995 49.619 10.487
  % vacant housing units + 9.841 6.964
  % renter-occupied units 66.317 19.448
  % males age 18–24 + 4.580 1.352
Population Heterogeneity Index (Alpha = .950)
  % Latino + 57.548 35.304
  % immigrated 1990–2000 19.945 10.608
  % linguistically isolated 33.718 21.011
Deprivation Index (Alpha = .892)
  % below poverty line 31.624 14.209
  % female-headed households with children under 18 + 11.549 8.029
  % unemployed 6.522 2.869
Tract population 5150 2121

Note: N = 74

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Descriptive statistics for variable in original metric; variable is log transformed (base e) in analysis.

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