TABLE 1.
Descriptive Characteristics of Participants, Households, and 2000 US Census Tracts: Los Angeles Family and Neighborhoods Survey, 2000–2001
| Mean (SD) or % | |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 26.6 (5.12) |
| Participant sociodemographic characteristics | |
| Age, y | 39.6 (14.4) |
| Female | 57 |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| White | 28 |
| Latino | 55 |
| Black | 9 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 8 |
| Native American | 1 |
| Married | 52 |
| Immigration status | |
| First-generation immigrant | 54 |
| Second-generation immigrant | 8 |
| Nonimmigrant | 37 |
| Annual household income | |
| $0 | 15.6 |
| $1–$20 000 | 30.7 |
| $20 001–$40 000 | 23.8 |
| > $40 000 | 29.9 |
| Education level | |
| Less than high-school degree | 34.4 |
| High-school degree or GED | 20.7 |
| Some college or vocational school or higher | 44.9 |
| Currently employed | 66 |
| Reported health insurance coverage during the past 30 d | 67 |
| Health characteristics | |
| Self-rated health | |
| Poor, fair | 22 |
| Good, very good, excellent | 78 |
| Current smoker | 16 |
| Presence of chronic diseasea | 28 |
| Perception of safety and crime | |
| Residents perceiving neighborhood as unsafe | 32 |
| Residents reporting crime against household or individual while residing in current neighborhood | 43 |
| Neighborhood characteristics | |
| Collective efficacy, scale of 1–5 | 3.5 (0.32) |
| Socioeconomic status index (census tracts)b | |
| Very deprived tracts | 49 |
| Deprived tracts | 26 |
| Not deprived tracts | 25 |
Note. BMI = body mass index; GED = General Educational Development diploma. N = 2255.
a
Self-report of diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease, history of myocardial infarction, or arthritis.
b
As defined by 2000 US Census Summary File 3: very deprived census tracts (90th-100th percentile rank for percentage of residents living in poverty); deprived tracts (60th-89th percentile rank); and not deprived tracts (1st to 59th percentile rank).44