Table 5.

Models for Obesity: Neighborhood-Level Estimates

	Model 1			Model 2
	Coeff. (z)		OR	Coeff. (z)		OR
Racial Isolation
Estimates for Women:
% Non-Hispanic Black
>60	.298	(2.77)	1.35**	.109	(.89)	1.11
20–60	.181	(1.65)	1.20	.106	(.93)	1.11
<20	—	—	—	—	—	—
Estimates for Men:
% Non-Hispanic Black
>60	.098	(.61)	1.10	.150	(.83)	1.16
20–60	−.065	(−.40)	.94	.008	(.05)	1.01
<20	—	—	—	—	—	—
% Below Poverty	.050	(1.95)	1.05	−.024	(−.60)	.98
Population Size	−.011	(−.78)	.99	−.007	(−.45)	.99
Physical Disorder in Quartiles
Estimates for Women:
4th Quartile				.576	(3.16)	1.78**
3rd Quartile				.452	(3.08)	1.57**
2nd Quartile				.211	(1.90)	1.24
1st Quartile (lowest)				—	—	—
Estimates for Men:
4th Quartile				.070	(.31)	1.07
3rd Quartile				−.080	(−.42)	.92
2nd Quartile				.016	(.11)	1.02
1st Quartile (lowest)				—	—	—
Social Disorder/Crime				.057	(.88)	1.06
% Park Area				.017	(.26)	1.02
Recreation Centers				−.005	(−.08)	1.00
Supermarkets				.022	(.41)	1.02
% Commercial Parcels				−.114	(−2.22)	.89*
Billboards				.061	(.92)	1.06

Note: All models adjust for individual age, race, education, income, marital status and survey year. Models include interaction terms between sex and the following variables: individual-level race, neighborhood racial isolation, and neighborhood physical disorder. Percent below poverty variable is scaled so that a change of one unit represents an increase of 10 percentage points. Variables for social disorder, park area, recreation centers, supermarkets, commercial parcels, and billboards are scaled so that a change of one unit represents an increase from the 25^th to the 75^th percentile (the inter-quartile range). Population size is scaled so that one unit represents 1,000 persons.

^*p < .5

^**p < .01.

N = 6,698.