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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 23.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Geochem Health. 2012 Jul 3;35(1):1–12. doi: 10.1007/s10653-012-9472-0

Table 3. Significant correlations and p-values for estimated mean lead (Pb) soil concentrations and estimated numbers of all individuals, and children ≤6 years of age, by income-to-poverty (ITP) ratio for block groups in urban Areas 4 and 5, rural Areas 6 and 27, and for urban and rural locations.

All individuals Children ≤6 years of age


<1.00 1.00–1.99 ≥2.00 <1.00 1.00–1.99 ≥2.00
Area 4 0.43
0.0001
NA NA 0.38
0.0006
NA NA

Area 5 NA NA −0.29
0.02
NA NA −0.26
0.04

Area 6 NA NA NA NA NA NA

Area 27 NA NA NA NA NA NA

Urbana NA NA −0.24
0.005
NA NA −0.21
0.01

Ruralb 0.40
0.05
NA NA NA NA NA

NA not applicable (correlation not significant at α = 0.05 level)

a

Urban: Areas 4 and 5 combined

b

Rural: Areas 6 and 27 combined