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. 2014 Jan 10;9(1):e84544. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084544

Table 1. Summary statistics of variables used in analyses.

Outcome variables Mean Std Dev
Neighboring −0.007 0.906
Attachment to neighborhood 0.001 0.926
Cohesion in neighborhood −0.004 0.891
Physical characteristics of neighborhood
Park
Proportion of neighborhood 0.078 0.104
Average distance 0.540 0.700
Industrial areas
Proportion of neighborhood 0.018 0.039
Average distance 2.181 2.550
River
Number of splits 1.556 0.880
Density of neighborhood 0.082 0.106
Patch proportion of neighborhood 0.139 0.138
Length 0.017 0.075
Highways 0.168 0.374
Number of splits 1.184 0.427
Density of neighborhood 0.295 0.203
Patch proportion of neighborhood 0.136 0.144
Length 0.177 0.166
Social characteristics of neighborhood
Residential stability −0.028 0.648
Median income 1.243 0.375
Percent non-Anglo 23.252 11.570
Population density 1.377 1.168
Household level measures
Speak only English at home 88.9%
Owner 85.3%
Single 12.3%
Widowed 6.6%
Divorced 9.1%
Married 72.1%
Female 59.0%
Have children 75.3%
Middle eastern 1.7%
Asian 5.9%
Southern European 3.9%
African 0.7%
Indigenous 0.8%
White 87.0%
Education 3.744 1.388
Household income 4.378 2.159
Length of residence 5.403 1.345
Age 0.512 0.152

Note: Sample size is 4,351 respondents in 146 neighborhoods.