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Published in final edited form as: J Aging Health. 2010 Jan 7;22(2):197–218. doi: 10.1177/0898264309355980

Table 2.

Correlations of Census-Tract Variables and Simple Multilevel Logistic Regressions of Mortality

	Correlation^a

Tract-level variables	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	OR^b	95% CI
I. Socioeconomic disadvantage^c	1.000						1.19	1.08–1.31
II. Affluent^d	−0.749^****	1.000					0.24	0.11–0.53
III. African American^d	0.577^****	−0.346^****	1.000				1.39	1.00–1.94
IV. Hispanic^d	0.377^****	−0.222^****	−0.138^****	1.000			1.78	0.99–3.21
V. Residentially stable^d	0.018	0.145^****	0.177^****	−0.084^***	1.000		1.15	0.43–3.06
VI. Aged 65 and older^d	−0.054^*	−0.126^****	−0.127^****	−0.173^****	0.187^****	1.000	0.37	0.10–1.39
M	−0.014	0.251	0.195	0.119	0.534	0.143
SD	1.053	0.172	0.311	0.209	0.134	0.086
Range	−2.61–5.38	0.0–0.86	0.0–1.00	0.0–1.00	0.11–0.82	0.01–0.82

Note: Mortality was regressed separately on each Level 2 variable; no individual-level characteristics were controlled.

N_j = 1,217 tracts.

N_j = 1,217 tracts; N_i = 3,442 individuals.

Factor score.

Proportion.

p < .1.

^**

p < .05.

^***

p < .01.

^****

p < .001.