Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics (weighted) of Health Outcomes and Independent Variables for the Analytic Subsample and for the Full ACL Samplea
| Subsample (n=1,545) | Full Sample (N=3,617) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean/Percent (Std. Dev.) | Mean/Percent (Std. Dev.) | Range | |
| Health Outcomes: | |||
| Self-rated Health | 2.52 (1.14) | 2.51 (1.14) | 1–5 |
| Mortality (from 1986–2000) | 20 % | 19.4 % | 0–1 |
| Individual-level Covariates | |||
| Black | 13 % | 11 % | 0 – 1 |
| White (ref.) | 87 % | 89 % | 0 – 1 |
| Female (ref.) | 53 % | 53 % | 0 – 1 |
| Male | 47 % | 47 % | 0 – 1 |
| Age | 54.24 (17.68) | 53.6 (17.62) | 24 – 95 |
| Years of Education | 11.53 (3.23) | 11.47 (3.47) | 0 – 17 |
| Family Income | 22,904 | 23,351 | 2,500–110,000 |
| Family Income (logged) | (21,626) | (21,984 | 7.83–11.61 |
| $10K assets or more | 51 % | 49 % | 0–1 |
| Missing assets | 6 % | 6 % | 0–1 |
| Less than $10K asset (ref.) | 43 % | 45 % | 0–1 |
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| Racial Residential History | # of tracts per neighborhood type | ||
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| Established Black | 67 | ||
| Black Transition | 44 | ||
| Black Entry Tracts | 30 | ||
| Established Interracial | 24 | ||
| White Tracts (Ref) | 174 | ||
a
% distribution presented or means with standard deviations. For later multivariate analyses, all continuous variables were centered.