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. 2010 Jan 31;171(5):609–617. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwp419

Table 3.

Odds Ratios (Standard Errors) of Block Disagreement Within Neighborhood Clusters on Demographic Characteristicsa by Business Type, Chicago, Illinois, 2002b

Business Type
Drugstores Liquor Stores Bars Convenience Stores Restaurantsc
Supermarket or Greengrocer
Any Restaurant Fast-Food Other Eating Place
Proportion white 1.001 (0.008) 1.007 (0.006) 1.007 (0.006) 0.993 (0.005) 1.001 (0.005) 1.004 (0.004) 1.014 (0.005)** 0.994 (0.004)
Hispanic/foreign-born scale 0.878 (0.151) 1.173 (0.136) 1.660 (0.183)*** 0.909 (0.093) 1.150 (0.111) 1.132 (0.097) 1.401 (0.135)*** 1.122 (0.097)
Disadvantage scale 0.946 (0.282) 1.737 (0.316)** 0.947 (0.203) 0.931 (0.167) 1.346 (0.212) 0.940 (0.145) 1.027 (0.188) 1.318 (0.190)
Residential stability 0.971 (0.014)* 0.990 (0.010) 0.996 (0.009) 0.975 (0.009)** 0.997 (0.009) 0.996 (0.008) 0.985 (0.008)* 0.990 (0.008)
Population density 1.244 (0.311) 1.084 (0.180) 0.879 (0.129) 1.655 (0.276)** 0.999 (0.140) 1.222 (0.159) 1.354 (0.190)* 1.217 (0.159)
Months from November 2002 1.013 (0.027) 0.993 (0.022) 1.005 (0.018) 1.011 (0.018) 1.016 (0.018) 1.022 (0.015) 0.980 (0.016) 1.032 (0.015)*
Distance to the Loop 0.925 (0.030)* 0.957 (0.021)* 0.910 (0.019)*** 0.973 (0.019) 0.980 (0.018) 0.931 (0.016)*** 0.969 (0.017) 0.939 (0.016)***
Constant 0.034 (0.006)*** 0.091 (0.010)*** 0.101 (0.011)*** 0.114 (0.011)*** 0.134 (0.012)*** 0.195 (0.015)*** 0.169 (0.015)*** 0.175 (0.014)***

* P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.

a

Refer to the “Analytic strategy” part of the Materials and Methods section of the text for an explanation of these characteristics.

b

N = 1,663.

c

“Fast-food” and “other eating place” are mutually exclusive subcategories of “any restaurant” and, combined, constitute the “any restaurant” category. Refer to the text for details.