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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 9.
Published in final edited form as: Am Sociol Rev. 2008 Oct 1;73(5):792–812. doi: 10.1177/000312240807300505

Table 2.

Logistic Coefficients for Regression Analyses of Residential Mobility Out of Census Tract of Origin: White PSID Householders, 1980–2003.

Model 1
Model 2
Independent Variables b se b se
Extralocal Neighborhood Conditions
  Minority concentration in distance- weighted surrounding neighborhoods −.0092 *** .0021
  Multiethnic indicator for distance- weighted surrounding neighborhoods −.0971 ** .0350
  Change in minority concentration in distance- weighted surrounding neighborhoods .0445 ** .0163
Local Neighborhood Conditions
  Minority concentration .0159 ** .0053 .0231 *** .0059
  Squared minority concentration −.0003 * .0001 −.0004 ** .0002
  Cubed minority concentrationa .0002 * .0001 .0002 * .0001
  Multiethnic indicator .0884 ** .0332 .0848 * .0335
  Change in minority concentration .0075 * .0038 .0019 .0049
  Poverty level −.0056 .0032 −.0067 * .0033
  Level of homeownership −.0030 ** .0011 −.0037 *** .0011
  Level of single-motherhood .0010 .0023 −.0010 .0023
Micro-level Characteristics
  Age −.1347 *** .0062 −.1351 *** .0063
  Age-squared .0010 *** .0001 .0010 *** .0001
  Female .0634 .0506 .0549 .0506
  Education .0310 *** .0067 .0323 *** .0068
  Family Income (in $1000’s) .0007 *** .0002 .0009 *** .0002
  Employed −.0486 .0616 −.0545 .0618
  Married −.2298 *** .0442 −.2370 *** .0442
  Children −.1055 *** .0161 −.1069 *** .0161
  Homeowner −1.0504 *** .0380 −1.0622 *** .0381
  Household crowding .0357 *** .0071 .0347 *** .0071
  Long-term resident −.2442 *** .0384 −.2357 *** .0383
 Year .0419 *** .0033 .0427 *** .0034
Constant −80.367 *** 6.695 −81.687 *** 6.810
Wald chi-square 4228.38 4290.20
*

p<.05;

**

p<.01;

***

p<.001

a

Coefficients and standard errors multiplied by 100

N of observations = 48,508; N of persons = 7,622