Table 2.
Rank-order correlations among SES variables, by race.
Educationa | Family income | Assetsb | Subjective social status | Neighborhood SESc | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Educationa | - | 0.34** | 0.48**** | 0.05 | 0.18 |
Family income | 0.46**** | - | 0.80**** | −0.21† | 0.41*** |
Assetsb | 0.31** | 0.42*** | - | −0.10 | 0.39*** |
Subjective social status | 0.12 | −0.10 | 0.14 | - | −0.04 |
Neighborhood SESc | 0.67**** | 0.47**** | 0.22† | 0.04 | - |
Note: correlations for African Americans above the diagonal, Caucasians below the diagonal.
p < 0.10
p < 0.01
p < 0.001
p < 0.0001
Higher of two parents for two parent households.
Sum of number of cars, homeowner status, number of bedrooms, number of insurance policies, number of loans.
Mean of census-derived % nonpoor and % ≥high school education.