Table 1.

Bivariate relations among predictors and covariates.

	Predictor Variables
	Group (neglect)	Neighborhood Poverty	Family Poverty	Race (Black)
Predictors
Gender (Female)	Χ2 (1) = .51	r = −.03	r= .02	Χ2 (1) = .72
Group (Neglect)		r = .12***	r = .37***	Χ2 (1) = .17
Neighborhood Poverty			r= .40***	r = .38***
Family Poverty				r = .09*
Covariates
Age	r = −.01	r = .13**	r = .05	r = .06
Smoking	r = .09*	r = −.04	r = .13**	r = −.27**
BMI	r = .02	r = .10*	r = .08*	r = .06
Asthma diagnosis	Χ2 (1) = 1.73	r = −.01	r = .04	Χ2 (1) = 3.37
Other pulmonary diagnosis	Χ2 (1) = 9.05**a	r = .01	r = .08*	Χ2 (1) = .32
Hypertension medications	Χ2 (1) = .79	r = .03	r= .05	Χ2 (1) = 4.34*a

Note: r = bivariate correlation; Χ² = chi square;

^ahigher percentage among Blacks or in the neglect group;

^*p < 0.05;

^**p < 0.01;

^***p < 0.001