Table 1.
Parameter | DF | Estimate | Standard Error | Wald 95% | Confidence Limits | Chi-Square | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intercept | 1 | 6.98 | 0.15 | 6.68 | 7.27 | 2105.37 | <.001 |
Percent foreign born | 1 | −1.13 | 0.22 | −1.56 | −0.69 | 25.97 | <.001 |
Percent Blacks ages 18 to 64, speaking little or no English |
1 | −8.29 | 3.12 | −14.42 | −2.17 | 7.04 | .008 |
Socioeconomic index* | 1 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 15.39 | <.001 |
Household income (1990) | 1 | 0.05 | 0.004 | −0.001 | −0.000 | 5.58 | .018 |
Dispersion | 1 | 0.046 | 0.004 | 0.04 | 0.05 |
Equals ranks for (percent Black women aged ≥ 25 years who are not high school graduates + percent of Blacks with annual income below poverty + reciprocal of Black per capita income)/3. The higher value of the index, the lower the socioeconomic status of the county