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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 17.
Published in final edited form as: Am Sociol Rev. 2012 May 30;77(3):354–379. doi: 10.1177/0003122412447793

Table 2.

Changes in Group Concentrated Poverty With Change in Spatial Conditions

Black Hispanic
Base Poverty Concentration Level (gpP*p) (Poverty concentration level from decomposition at means of all components) 0.267 0.227
Component Change in Poverty Concentration with 1 SD Decrease (Percentage change from base below absolute change)
Black Hispanic
Segregation Group/Not Group (V(g)(ng)) −0.029 −0.016
−11.0% −6.9%
GPxG: Own-group disproportionality in neighbors of group poor (gp -> g) −0.029 −0.016
−4.3% −7.0%
GPxGP [Poverty Segregation within Race]: Poverty disproportionality in own-race neighbors of group poor (gp -> gp) −0.029 −0.034
−9.9% −15.0%
GxNGP: Poverty disproportionality in other-race neighbors of group (g -> ngp) −0.029 −0.030
−8.6% −13.2%
GPxNGP: Poverty disproportionality in other-race neighbors of group poor (gp -> ngp) −0.029 −0.019
−4.1% −8.2%

Notes: Other components of the decomposition are held at their means.