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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: GeoJournal. 2011 Aug 25;78(3):429–441. doi: 10.1007/s10708-011-9426-6

Table 2. Spatial Error Regression Model of Demographics and Service Density on Cube Root of CPS Referrals (n = 288).

Variables Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4

B SE B B SE B B SE B B SE B
Constant 0.733 0.270** 0.704 0.259** 0.682 0.269* 0.662 0.274*
Demographics

 Child Density (per area) 0.103 0.029*** 0.134 0.028*** 0.081 0.030** 0.101 0.030***
 % Income < $25,000 -0.009 0.004* -0.007 0.004 -0.010 0.004* -0.009 0.004*
 Median Age 0.045 0.007*** 0.052 0.007*** 0.054 0.007*** 0.055 0.007***
 Average Household Size -0.614 0.085*** -0.724 0.085*** -0.616 0.080*** -0.705 0.083***
 % Male to Female Ratio 0.997 0.224*** 0.985 0.215*** 0.650 0.234** 0.872 0.234***
 % Black 0.028 0.005*** 0.030 0.005*** 0.027 0.005*** 0.030 0.005***
 % Asian 0.001 0.005 0.007 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.009 0.005
 % Hispanic 0.038 0.004*** 0.041 0.004*** 0.042 0.004*** 0.044 0.004***
Density of Services (per area)

 All Child Welfare -0.005 0.003 -0.007 0.003**
 Substance Abuse 0.261 0.047*** 0.217 0.060***
 Adoption -0.005 0.174 -0.123 0.186
 Mental Health -0.035 0.027 -0.035 0.033
 Housing and Related Services -0.080 0.018*** -0.075 0.023***
 Parenting and Pregnant Teens 0.010 0.027 0.013 0.032
 Special Needs -0.088 0.050 -0.107 0.052*
 Youth Independent Living -0.055 0.054 -0.053 0.057
 Domestic Violence 0.351 0.109*** 0.446 0.121***
Spatially Lagged Density of Services

 All Child Welfare -0.032 0.006***
 Substance Abuse -0.053 0.150
 Adoption -1.094 0.480*
 Mental Health 0.056 0.087
 Housing and Related Services -0.103 0.058
 Parenting and Pregnant Teens 0.013 0.107
 Special Needs -0.225 0.148
 Youth Independent Living -0.082 0.158
 Domestic Violence 0.872 0.356**
ρs 0.507 0.068*** 0.496 0.069*** 0.514 0.068*** 0.537 0.066***
*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001