Table 1.
Characteristics of census tracts at baseline (year 2000) by census tract socioeconomic status and racial/ethnic composition.
| Overall | Tract SES | Tract % Black | Tract % Hispanic | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Med | High | Low | Med | High | Low | Med | High | ||
| TRACT | N=1171 | N=400 | N=385 | N=386 | N=389 | N=383 | N=399 | N=387 | N=386 | N=398 |
| Median SES Factor Score a |
0.17 | 1.11 | 0.13 | −1.29 | 0.23 | −0.27 | 0.43 | −0.32 | −0.29 | 0.98 |
| Median of median household income a |
$37,670 | $29,399 | $36,311 | $56,189 | $45,373 | $41,579 | $27,355 | $47,978 | $40,950 | $27,995 |
| Median % residents with HS education or more a |
74.0 | 51.8 | 73.0 | 91.4 | 74.0 | 82.6 | 67.8 | 87.8 | 81.5 | 50.1 |
| Median % residents with BA or more a |
19.4 | 7.4 | 20.0 | 49.9 | 20.6 | 29.9 | 13.8 | 32.8 | 27.1 | 8.1 |
| Median % Black residents a |
6.7 | 7.2 | 14.2 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 6.4 | 58.3 | 10.4 | 7.1 | 3.3 |
| Median % Hispanic residents a |
15.8 | 59.8 | 21.1 | 4.8 | 30.3 | 12.5 | 11.5 | 1.9 | 15.5 | 67.7 |
| Site (%) b | ||||||||||
| Los Angeles, CA | 35.2 | 53.2 | 28.3 | 23.3 | 64.5 | 23.5 | 17.8 | 1.8 | 41.5 | 61.6 |
| Chicago,IL | 12.9 | 4.8 | 10.6 | 23.6 | 12.3 | 11.0 | 15.3 | 24.3 | 11.9 | 2.8 |
| Baltimore,MD | 12.4 | 11.2 | 15.3 | 10.6 | 3.1 | 9.7 | 24.1 | 35.4 | 2.1 | 0 |
| St Paul,MN | 10.5 | 6.2 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 17.8 | 1.3 | 20.9 | 10.6 | 0.3 |
| New York,NY | 22.5 | 18.0 | 26.0 | 23.6 | 6.7 | 26.6 | 33.8 | 5.2 | 26.4 | 35.4 |
| Forsyth County,NC | 6.6 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 11.5 | 7.8 | 12.4 | 7.5 | 0 |
a
ANOVA tests (for SES Factor Score) and Kruskal-Wallis tests (for other characteristics) to compare medians across tertiles of tract SES, % Black, and % Hispanic were all significant at p<0.0001
b
χ2 tests to compare the distribution across tertiles of tract SES, % Black, and % Hispanic were all significant at p<0.0001