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Table 2.

Average low-weight birth incidence, 1999–2001

Simple regressions: low-weight birth incidence average 1999–2001 = dependent variable
Independent variable	R² (adjusted)	P	F ratio	Pos/Neg
Percent population 1970–1980	0.1307	0.0282	5.36	Neg
Percent difference population 1970–1990	0.1549	0.018	6.31	Neg
1999% on public assistance	0.3422	0.0004	16.09	Pos
black segregation	0.8027	<0.0001	118.99	Pos
murders per 100,000 (2000)	0.5822	<0.0001	41.41	Pos
unemployed persons/pop 16–64 years	0.4523	<0.0001	24.95	Pos
Independent variable = percent population difference 1970–1980
Dependent variable
murders/100,000 (2000)	0.3081	0.0009	13.91	neg
black segregation	0.11	0.0411	4.58	neg
unemployed persons/pop 16–64 years	0.4275	0.0001	22.66	neg
In multivariate stepwise regression with LOB average 1999–2001 as dependent variable, Black segregation was the sole independent variable.
Backwards stepwise regression with black segregation removed and LOB as dependent variable:
		R² (adjusted)	P	F ratio
Murder rate2000 and% with public assist1999		0.5679	<0.0001	25.2
LOB1999–2001 = 6.413 + 0.055(murderrate2000)-0.0147(%publicassist1999)
Murder rate1990 and percent with public assistance 1989:		0.5231	<0.0001	16.96
LOB 1999–2001 = 7.19 + 0.109(murder rate1990) − 0.167 (percent public assistance 1989)