Table 2.
Census Tract-Level Variables, U.S. Census 2000 (n=184)
Mean Value | St. Deviation | Median | * Pearson Correlation with fruit and vegetable intake | |
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Proportion NH Black | .20 | .22 | 0.11 | −0.06 |
Proportion White | .54 | .24 | 0.55 | 0.01 |
Proportion NH White | .42 | .28 | 0.38 | −0.05 |
Proportion Hispanic | .36 | .25 | 0.29 | 0.07* |
Proportion foreign-born | .18 | .14 | 0.13 | 0.28*** |
Proportion of the population under the poverty line | ||||
Proportion of Whites under Poverty | .23 | .14 | 0.19 | −0.01 |
Proportion of Blacks under poverty | .30 | .16 | 0.35 | −0.04 |
Proportion of Hispanics under poverty | .36 | .16 | 0.35 | −0.11** |
Median Household Annual Income | 30,104 | 11,626 | 31,516 | 0.01 |
Median Value Owner-occupied homes | 131,214 | 99,350 | 105,200 | 0.01 |
Correlations are crude i.e. unadjusted for clustering or tract level and/or individual level variance.
p<.10
p<.005
p<.0001