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. 2017 Mar;107(3):374–379. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303613

TABLE 2—

Percentage of Population Exposed to Violence by Characteristic: Community Alliance for Research and Engagement Neighborhood Survey; New Haven, CT; 2015

Heard Gunshot More Than Once, 884/21 684 (73.07%)
Family Members or Close Friends Hurt by Violent Act in Neighborhood, 318/8462 (28.61%)
Family Members or Close Friends Killed by Violent Act in Neighborhood, 244/5359 (18.09%)
Present When Someone Was Shot, 208/4715 (15.91%)
Characteristic Unweighted/Weighted No. % Pa % Pa % Pa % Pa
Race/ethnicity .07 .22 .002 .15
 Non-Hispanic White 128/3 924 56.74 18.45 9.74 18.57
 Non-Hispanic Black 718/14 478 80.05 31.94 24.23 18.64
 Hispanic/Latino 267/9 434 71.83 24.43 12.06 9.29
 Non-Hispanic other or multirace 72/1 766 57.68 45.10 15.81 21.63
Age, y .009 .16 .94 .11
 18–34 420/14 192 66.44 32.80 17.59 15.93
 35–49 336/8 796 81.18 25.38 18.82 12.05
 50–65 433/6 686 76.49 24.01 18.17 20.96
Gender .31 .007 .25 .003
 Male 416/14 337 70.54 35.19 20.09 20.95
 Female 773/15 337 75.43 22.48 16.20 11.19
Household income, $ .65 .52 .88 .17
 < 15 000 388/10 520 73.22 25.85 19.72 20.46
 15 000–30 000 383/9 777 76.81 30.37 17.53 13.84
 30 000–50 000 202/4 995 67.73 35.02 15.95 11.67
 > 50 000 156/3 281 70.04 24.23 17.73 15.12
Education .003 .98 .20 .24
 < HS degree 166/4 642 74.59 30.23 19.14 16.76
 HS degree 480/12 150 79.08 28.61 20.35 18.61
 AA or some college 377/9 600 74.50 28.63 17.88 14.50
 ≥ college degree 164/3 242 44.49 26.58 8.87 8.89
Employment status .60 .53 .044 .06
 Unemployed 131/3 679 76.46 35.86 26.19 29.02
 Employed 677/17 979 74.13 27.93 18.89 14.95
 Not in labor force 373/7 894 69.01 26.52 12.08 12.12
Food security (USDA scale) .11 .06 .029 .06
 Food secure 801/19 706 71.46 25.80 15.60 13.84
 Food insecure 375/9 502 78.50 35.23 23.57 20.74

Note. AA = associate’s degree; HS = high school; USDA = US Department of Agriculture. Total n = 1189 but might vary because of missing values.

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Second order χ2 with finite population correction.