Table 2.

Sociodemographic characteristics for sample population by 2000 education Gini, New York Social Environment Study, New York, New York, 2005

	Low Education Inequality^a		High Education Inequality
Neighborhood characteristics^b	Median	Range	Median	Range
Education Gini	0.13	0.09–0.16	0.19	0.16–0.26
Mean educational attainment (years)	13.1	11.6–16.1	11.7	10.1–13.5
Median household income	$47,390	$18,750–$79,475	$28,745	$16,000–$43,480
Income Gini	0.45	0.37-0.49	0.46	0.41-0.51
Individual Characteristics^c	N	%	N	%	X²	p
Educational attainment	2,075		1,857		78.0	<0.001
Less than high school	199	10	347	19
High school or GED	420	24	481	26
Some college/vocational school	472	23	441	24
College graduate	497	24	354	19
Graduate work	417	20	235	13
Gender	2,114		1,886		0.9	0.34
Female	1,064	50	981	52
Male	1,051	50	905	48
Race	2,056		1,851		283.4	<0.001
White	960	47	532	29
Black or African American	655	32	401	22
Hispanic	293	14	769	42
Asian	83	4	116	6
Other	64	3	34	2
Age (years)	2,098		1,872		21.7	0.001
18-24	231	11	237	13
25-34	336	16	381	20
35-44	402	19	372	20
45-54	458	22	392	21
55-64	330	16	260	14
65+	341	16	231	12
Marital status	2,089		1,867		27.7	<0.001
Married	1,038	50	834	45
Divorced or separated	259	12	306	17
Widowed	147	7	118	6
Never been married	646	31	610	33
Annual household income	2,114		1,886		147.0	<0.001
<= $40,000	645	30	943	50
$40,001-$80,000	646	31	446	24
> $80,000	509	24	229	12
Missing	315	15	267	14
Drinking before moved to neighborhood	2,114		1,886		26.3	<0.001
< 12 drinks/yr	1,055	50	1,112	59
>= 12 drinks/yr	1,060	50	774	41
Student	2,114		1,886		2.4	0.12
No	2,044	97	1,800	95
Yes	70	3	85	5

Neighborhoods with 2000 Education Gini value at or below the median value for all neighborhoods.

Data from 2000 U.S. Census.

All individual-level sample sizes and percentages are weighted.