Table 5.
Multivariate model results explaining TRI chemical releases.
| Census Tract Characteristics | Total Amount Toxic Air Chemicals Released | Average Amount of Toxic Air Chemicals per Release | Number of Toxic Air Chemical Releases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slope Coefficient (95% CI) | p Value | Slope Coefficient (95% CI) | p Value | Slope Coefficient (95% CI) | p Value | |
| Median Household Income | −0.0000082 (−0.0005, 0.0003) |
0.62 | 0.000011 (−0.004, 0.006) |
0.80 | −0.00022 (−0.00069, 0.00026) |
0.37 |
| % Females with undergrad degree | −0.19 (−0.13, −0.24) |
0.009 | −0.18 (−0.11, −0.22) |
0.004 | 0.96 (−0.74, 2.66) |
0.26 |
| % Non-White | 0.0080 (−0.067, 0.09) |
0.35 | 0.0061 (−0.07, 0.89) |
0.37 | 0.0035 (−0.20, 0.20) |
0.97 |
Note: total amount of chemicals emitted, amount of chemicals emitted per release, percent of population female with a undergraduate degree, percent of population Hispanic, and percent of population Black were LOG10 transformed.