Table 4.

Results for separate analyses of rural, urban, and suburban block groups.

Measure	Urban	Least squares means		P-valuea		Scale
		0–2k	> 2k	Buffer	County
Socioeconomic status
MHI ($1000)	Rural	47.9 (45.7–50.0)	46.9 (46.2–47.6)	0.3637	<0.0001
	Urban	46.3 (41.0–51.6)	37.6 (35.5–39.8)	0.0005	<0.0001
	Suburban	50.4 (47.2–53.6)	49.5 (48.5–50.6)	0.5880	<0.0001
PCI ($1000)	Rural	21.4 (20.3–22.5)	21.3 (20.9–21.6)	0.8610	<0.0001
	Urban	20.7 (18.2–23.3)	18.8 (17.7–19.9)	0.1108	<0.0001
	Suburban	22.5 (20.9–24.1)	22.4 (21.9–23.0)	0.9287	<0.0001
%Povertyb	Rural	7.6 (6.6–8.7)	8.2 (7.8–8.6)	0.2355	<0.0001	3.5
	Urban	6.7 (4.9–9.2)	14.2 (12.9–15.6)	<0.0001	<0.0001	10.4
	Suburban	6.8 (5.9–7.9)	7.2 (6.9–7.5)	0.4468	<0.0001	4.6
% High school education	Rural	83.3 (81.2–85.4)	83.4 (82.7–84.0)	0.9285	<0.0001	1.7
	Urban	85.4 (82.6–88.2)	80.3 (79.1–81.5)	<0.0001	<0.0001	3.6
	Suburban	84.8 (82.5–87.2)	83.9 (83.1–84.7)	0.4205	<0.0001	2.8
% College education	Rural	27.9 (25.7–30.3)	28.6 (28.0–29.3)	0.5603	<0.0001	3.25
	Urban	33.3 (30.1–36.7)	30.2 (28.7–31.8)	0.0315	<0.0001	7.3
	Suburban	33.0 (30.6–35.6)	33.0 (32.1–34.0)	0.9949	<0.0001	5.0
% Employedc	Rural	61.4 (59.2–63.7)	61.3 (60.6–62.0)	0.9402	<0.0001	2.3
	Urban	56.9 (54.4–59.6)	55.0 (53.9–56.2)	0.1051	<0.0001	4.4
	Suburban	62.0 (59.5–64.6)	60.1 (59.2–60.9)	0.1337	<0.0001	3.8
Demographics
% White	Rural	96.1 (93.7–98.6)	96.0 (95.2–96.8)	0.9377	<0.0001	2.3
	Urban	97.9 (91.4–100)	86.7 (84.3–89.2)	0.0002	<0.0001	9.0
	Suburban	94.1 (92.1–96.2)	93.9 (93.2–94.6)	0.8490	<0.0001	2.8
% <18 years	Rural	26.0 (24.9–27.2)	26.3 (26.0–26.7)	0.5716	<0.0001	2.1
	Urban	22.3 (20.6–24.1)	23.2 (22.4–24.0)	0.2848	<0.0001	5.4
	Suburban	25.7 (24.4–27.0)	24.7 (24.3–25.2)	0.1419	<0.0001	3.4
% >64 years	Rural	12.1 (11.1–13.2)	12.4 (12.1–12.8)	0.4926	<0.0001	2.75
	Urban	16.3 (14.5–18.3)	15.9 (15.2–16.6)	0.6761	<0.0001	6.5
	Suburban	12.5 (11.3–13.7)	13.0 (12.7–13.4)	0.3547	<0.0001	4.3
Housing characteristics
% Owner occupied	Rural	84.5 (82.3–86.8)	81.7 (81.2–82.2)	0.0138	<0.0001	1.35
	Urban	72.1 (65.8–79.0)	56.0 (53.7–58.4)	<0.0001	<0.0001	6.7
	Suburban	79.9 (77.2–82.7)	78.9 (78.0–79.8)	0.4689	<0.0001	2.5
Year the house was built	Rural	1964 (1961–1967)	1962 (1961–1963)	0.1121	<0.0001
	Urban	1959 (1956–1962)	1949 (1948–1951)	<0.0001	<0.0001
	Suburban	1966 (1964–1968)	1965 (1964–1965)	0.2903	<0.0001
Year moved in	Rural	1990 (1989–1990)	1990 (1990–1990)	0.3378	<0.0001
	Urban	1990 (1989–1992)	1992 (1992–1992)	0.0024	<0.0001
	Suburban	1990 (1990–1991)	1991 (1990–1991)	0.7254	<0.0001
Value of housed	Rural	108 (100–116)	111 (109–113)	0.4410	<0.0001
	Urban	77.2 (60.5–93.9)	95.1 (87.4–103)	0.0198	<0.0001
	Suburban	108 (96.4–120)	114 (110–118)	0.3484	<0.0001
Contract rente	Rural	486 (464–508)	478 (471–484)	0.4739	<0.0001
	Urban	483 (434–531)	454 (437–471)	0.2171	<0.0001
	Suburban	492 (462–522)	490 (480–500)	0.9014	<0.0001

^aP-value based on Type III sum of squares.

^bBased on number of individuals (as opposed to number of families, e.g.).

^c% Employed among the population 16 years and over.

^dValue of houses (thousands of dollars) occupied by the owner.

^eMedian contract rent is based on specified renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent.

^*P<0.05 (in bold).