Table 1.
Participant characteristics overall and by perceptions of neighborhood safety (weighted N=1980**)
| Overall weighted (%) | Males weighted (%) | Females weighted (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | Safe n (%) | A little unsafe n (%) | Unsafe n (%) | Safe n (%) | A little unsafe N (%) | Unsafe n (%) | |
| TOTAL | 1980 (100%) | 222 (44%) | 176 (35%) | 111 (22%) | 499 (34%) | 484 (33%) | 488 (33%) |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||||||
| Black | 957 (49%) | 109 (50%) | 76 (35%) | 34 (16%) | 270 (37%) | 253 (34%) | 216 (29%) |
| White | 89 (4%) | 15 (44%) | 14 (43%) | 5 (13%) | 23 (41%) | 21 (39%) | 11 (20%) |
| Hispanic | 863 (44%) | 89 (38%) | 73 (32%) | 70 (30%) | 186 (29%) | 196 (31%) | 250 (40%) |
| Other | 64 (3%) | 9 (40%) | 12 (51%) | 2 (9%) | 19 (46%) | 14 (34%) | 8 (20%) |
| Age | |||||||
| <35 | 469 (24%) | 54 (49%) | 49 (45%) | 7 (6%) | 117 (33%) | 147 (41%) | 96 (27%) |
| 35–49 | 518 (26%) | 46 (42%) | 37 (34%) | 26 (24%) | 171 (42%) | 148 (36%) | 89 (22%) |
| 50–64 | 628 (32%) | 65 (42%) | 55 (35%) | 36 (23%) | 147 (31%) | 129 (27%) | 196 (41%) |
| 65+ | 365 (18%) | 57 (43%) | 35 (26%) | 42 (31%) | 64 (28%) | 61 (26%) | 107 (46%) |
| Employment Status | |||||||
| Work full time | 459 (23%) | 60 (52%) | 38 (33%) | 17 (14%) | 139 (40%) | 131 (38%) | 74 (22%) |
| Work part time | 290 (15%) | 30 (47%) | 24 (38%) | 9 (15%) | 80 (35%) | 92 (40%) | 55 (24%) |
| Disabled | 433 (22%) | 37 (32%) | 42 (38%) | 34 (30%) | 99 (31%) | 78 (25%) | 142 (44%) |
| Not working | 799 (40%) | 95 (44%) | 71 (33%) | 51 (24%) | 181 (31%) | 183 (32%) | 216 (37%) |
| Poverty level | |||||||
| Above poverty level | 820 (46%) | 96 (42%) | 82 (36%) | 50 (22%) | 198 (33%) | 221 (37%) | 172 (29%) |
| Below poverty level | 965 (54%) | 101 (44%) | 77 (33%) | 54 (23%) | 245 (34%) | 211 (29%) | 275 (38%) |
| Education | |||||||
| Less than HS | 784 (40%) | 92 (38%) | 73 (30%) | 78 (32%) | 149 (28%) | 146 (27%) | 245 (45%) |
| Completed high school/vocational | 543 (27%) | 59 (48%) | 46 (37%) | 19 (15%) | 158 (38%) | 142 (34%) | 119 (28%) |
| At least some college | 650 (33%) | 71 (50%) | 56 (40%) | 14 (10%) | 191 (38%) | 195 (38%) | 123 (24%) |
| Immigrant | |||||||
| Born in US | 1078 (54%) | 120 (48%) | 96 (39%) | 32 (13%) | 294 (35%) | 306 (37%) | 229 (28%) |
| Born in Puerto Rico | 500 (25%) | 56 (38%) | 39 (26%) | 53 (36%) | 113 (32%) | 89 (25%) | 152 (43%) |
| Not born in US or PR | 401 (20%) | 46 (41%) | 41 (37%) | 26 (23%) | 92 (32%) | 89 (31%) | 106 (37%) |
| English 1st language | |||||||
| No | 904 (46%) | 95 (38%) | 80 (32%) | 76 (30%) | 199 (30%) | 194 (30%) | 260 (40%) |
| Yes | 1076 (54%) | 127 (49%) | 96 (37%) | 35 (14%) | 300 (37%) | 290 (35%) | 227 (28%) |