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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Public Health Manag Pract. 2010 Nov-Dec;16(6):564–576. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181e31cee

TABLE 4.

Pearson correlation coefficients showing association between network measurements and LHD demographicsa

Density
 Centralization
 Complexity
 Clustering
coefficient
 Admin division
silo index
All Strongest All Strongest All Strongest All Strongest All Strongest
LHD size −0.58 −0.70 0.41 −0.15 −0.47 −0.65 −0.86 −0.48 0.59 0.65
Size of population served −0.61 −0.58 −0.04 −0.10 −0.64 −0.82 −0.53 −0.19 0.76 0.70
% Age <18 y −0.52 −0.51 −0.18 −0.76 −0.57 −0.37 0.09 0.53 0.24 0.32
% Age >65 y 0.72 0.60 −0.22 0.52 0.70 0.55 0.10 −0.05 0.01 −0.28
Number persons below poverty
Line		 0.10 −0.03 −0.15 −0.24 0.11 0.24 0.18 0.33 0.59 0.58
% American Indian/Native
Alaskan		 0.08 −0.05 0.02 −0.36 0.12 0.29 0.13 0.28 −0.76 0.65

Abbreviation: LHD, local health department.

a

Correlations are displayed for both the all ties and the strongest ties networks. The silo index is shown for the administrative divisions in the 11 LHDs in this study. Significant correlations are given in boldface.