Table 2.
Spearman correlation coefficients among socioeconomic status variables
Poverty Rate (%) (n = 774) | Percentage of Single-Female–headed Households with Children (n = 774) | Unemployment Rate (%) (n = 774) | High School Dropout Rate (%) (n = 774) | Linear Distance to Nearest Major Road (n = 532) | Road Travel Distance to Nearest Major Road (n = 532) | |
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Poverty rate, % | 1 | 0.83* | 0.80* | 0.30* | −0.26* | −0.34* |
Percentage of single-female–headed households with children | 1 | 0.71* | 0.23* | −0.19* | −0.24* | |
Unemployment rate, % | 1 | 0.28* | −0.21* | −0.19* | ||
High school dropout rate, % | 1 | −0.04 | −0.08 | |||
Linear distance to nearest major road, mi | 1 | 0.47* | ||||
Travel distance to nearest major road, mi | 1 |
P < 0.001.