TABLE 3.

Regression of Change in % black from One Decade to the Next on Test and Control Variables, 1980–90

	Model 1 (Reaggregated)	Model 2 (Merged)
Intercept	−26.5145^*	36.5098^*
Average exposure	−2.9304^*	−1.8254
Highest %black in any adjacent tract	.1854^***	.1259^***
%black₁₉₈₀	−.2134^***	−.1183^***
Median property value	−.0001	−.0001
Median gross rent	−.0016	−.0140
% owner occupied	−.0996^*	.0531^a
% families with children	.1194^**	−.1167^* ^a
% housing built before 1940	.0690	.0687
% housing built 1940–49	.1457^*	.0582
% housing built 1950–59	.1045	.0586
% housing built 1960–69	.0837	.0880
% same house as five years ago	.0302^**	−.3001^*** ^a
% high school graduates	.0752	.0966
Median family income	.0006	−.0002
Median family income squared	.0001	.0001
ρ	.1311^*	.1392^*
Log likelihood	−3,415	−2,681
N	607	504

This pair of variable coefficients (model 1 and model 2) are significantly different from one another. Spatial trend variables were utilized in the models but not reported here.

P < .05.

^**

P < .01.

^***

P < .001.