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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 20.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Community Psychol. 2003 Mar;31(1-2):35–53. doi: 10.1023/a:1023018502759

Table I.

Descriptive Statistics for and Correlations Among Indexes Comprising Neighborhood Constructs (N = 150)

Composites and indexes M SD Range 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Residential instability
 1. Proportion renter-occupied households 0.37 0.22 0.03–0.94 .47** .75** .74** .62** .56** −.50** −.25* −.26*
 2. Proportion households under 5 years 0.54 0.13 0.22–0.93 .12 .09 −.07 −.06 .16 .40** .33**
Structural disadvantage
 3. Proportion female-headed families 0.23 0.19 0.00–0.92 .86** .85** .74** −.52** −.44** −.46**
 4. Proportion individuals in poverty 0.15 0.14 0.01–0.74 .89** .77** .56** −.49** −.48**
 5. Proportion households with public assistance 0.08 0.09 0.00–0.52 .77** −.54** −.55** −.56**
 6. Proportion unemployed 0.04 0.02 0.01–0.10 −.61** −.60** −.59**
Concentrated affluence
 7. Proportion families incomes >$75,000 0.16 0.14 0.00–0.68 .88** .86**
 8. Proportion individuals with college degrees 0.24 0.14 0.02–0.60 .96**
 9. Proportion in professional or managerial positions 0.26 0.12 0.07–0.64

Note. Values in bold are correlations between indexes within composites.

*

p < .01.

**

p < .001 (two-tailed).