TABLE 1.
Sociodemographic Characteristics of Foreclosure and Community Samples: Philadelphia Region, July–October 2008
| Foreclosure Sample, No. (%) or Mean or Median (IQR) | Community Sample,a No. (%) or Mean or Median (IQR) | Pb | |
| Total, no. (%) | 250 (100) | 10 007 (100) | |
| Gender, no. (%) | .054 | ||
| Male | 99 (39.9) | 4603 (46.0) | |
| Female | 149 (60.1) | 5404 (54.0) | |
| Age, y, mean | 46.7 | 48.5 | .241 |
| Race/ethnicity, no. (%) | <.001 | ||
| White | 133 (53.4) | 7038 (71.7) | |
| Black | 95 (38.2) | 2081 (21.2) | |
| Other | 21 (8.4) | 697 (7.1) | |
| Educational level, no. (%) | <.001 | ||
| College graduate | 74 (29.7) | 4096 (41.2) | |
| Some college | 87 (34.9) | 2038 (20.5) | |
| High school or less | 88 (35.3) | 3818 (38.4) | |
| Marital status, no. (%) | .023 | ||
| Married | 140 (56.5) | 6290 (63.5) | |
| Single | 108 (43.5) | 3615 (36.5) | |
| Children living at home, no. (%) | <.001 | ||
| No | 92 (37.6) | 6435 (64.3) | |
| Yes | 153 (62.5) | 3572 (35.7) | |
| Employment status, no. (%) | <.001 | ||
| Employed full or part time | 172 (69.1) | 6234 (62.7) | |
| Unemployed | 51 (20.5) | 656 (6.6) | |
| Retired or unable to work | 26 (10.4) | 3052 (30.7) | |
| Income < 200% FPL, no. (%) | <.001 | ||
| No | 100 (48.8) | 7535 (75.3) | |
| Yes | 105 (51.2) | 2471 (24.7) | |
| Lives in Philadelphia, no. (%) | >.30 | ||
| No | 153 (61.2) | 6344 (63.4) | |
| Yes | 96 (38.4) | 3663 (36.6) | |
| Home value, $, median (IQR) | 210 000 (130 000–300 000) | … | |
| Loan amount, $, median (IQR) | 107 000 (65 000–185 000) | … | |
| No. of months behind in mortgage payments, median (IQR) | 3.5 (3–6) | … |
Note. FPL = federal poverty level; IQR = interquartile range.
a
Data were from the 2008 Southeastern Pennsylvania Household Health Survey. Survey responses were weighted.
b
χ2 test for categorical variables, t test for continuous variable (age).