Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for Variables in Models of Residential Mobility between Census Tracts: White PSID Householders, 1980–2003.
| Variable | Definition | Mean | S.D. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dependent Variable | |||
| Moved out of the census tract | Whether R changed census tracts from time t to t+2 (1=yes) | .267 | .442 |
| Independent Variables | |||
| Extralocal Neighborhood Conditions | |||
| Minority concentration in distance-weighted surrounding neighborhoods | Distance-weighted average percent non-anglo in tracts within 100 miles of R’s tract of residence at time t. | 26.692 | 14.865 |
| Multiethnic indicator for distance-weighted surrounding neighborhoods | Whether distance-weighted average non-anglo population in tracts within 100 miles of R’s tract of residence at time t contains at least 10% black, 10% Latino, and 10% other races (1=yes) | .520 | .500 |
| Change in minority concentration in distance- weighted surrounding neighborhoods | Difference between times t and t-5 in distance-weighted average percent non-anglo in tracts within 100 miles of R’s tract of residence at time t. | 2.935 | 1.632 |
| Local Neighborhood Conditions | |||
| Minority concentration in neighborhood | Percent non-white in R’s tract of residence at time t | 18.285 | 22.249 |
| Multiethnic indicator for neighborhood | Whether non-white population R’s tract of residence at time t contains at least 10% black, 10% Latino, and 10% other races (1=yes) | .459 | .498 |
| Change in minority concentration in neighborhood | Difference between times t and t-5 in percent non-white in R’s tract of residence at time t. | 3.023 | 4.561 |
| Poverty level in neighborhood | Percent of population in R’s tract of residence at time t living in families with incomes below poverty line | 9.512 | 8.695 |
| Level of home ownership in neighborhood | Percent of housing units in R’s tract of residence at time t occupied by the homeowner | 66.635 | 21.320 |
| Level of single-motherhood in neighborhood | Percent of families with children in R’s tract of residence at time t headed by a single woman | 19.521 | 10.960 |
| Micro-level characteristics | |||
| Age | Age of R in years at time t | 43.280 | 16.450 |
| Female | Whether R is female (1=yes) | .249 | .432 |
| Education | Total years of school complete by R by time t | 13.206 | 2.970 |
| Family Income (in $1000’s) | Total taxable income of household head and spouse at time t, in thousands of constant 2000 dollars | 54.764 | 66.954 |
| Employed | Whether R is working for pay at time t (1=yes) | .833 | .373 |
| Married | Whether R has spouse or long-term cohabitor present at time t (1=yes) | .642 | .480 |
| Children | Number of children in household at time t | .810 | 1.107 |
| Homeowner | Whether R is living in owner-occupied housing unit at time t (1=yes) | .653 | .476 |
| Household crowding | Number of persons per room in housing unit at time t | .478 | .256 |
| Long-term resident | Whether R had lived in house for 3 or more years at time t (1=yes) | .384 | .486 |
| Year | Year of interview, time t | 1989.436 | 5.946 |
| N of person-period observations | 48,508 | ||
| N of persons | 7,622 | ||