Table 3. Census tract characteristics of the 1997 locations of MTO adults (n=4240).
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| Economic disadvantage | Percent persons in poverty | -0.74 (0.03)† | -0.55 (0.03)† | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Percent of households receiving public assistance income | -0.55 (0.03)† | -0.45 (0.03)† | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| Percent female-headed families with own children 0-17 years | -0.52 (0.03)† | -0.43 (0.04)† | 0.01 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| Percent persons 25+ with less than high school degree | -0.67 (0.03)† | -0.39 (0.03)† | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| Unemployment (16+ civilian labor force) | -0.51 (0.03)† | -0.42 (0.03)† | 0.003 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| Percent vacant housing units | -0.26 (0.03)† | -0.28 (0.04)† | 0.39 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| Affluence | Percent of people (25+) with college degrees | 0.47 (0.03)† | 0.21 (0.04)† | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Percent 16-19-year-olds in school | 0.19 (0.04)† | 0.14 (0.04)† | 0.14 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| Percent of population minority males 16 + civilian employed | 0.34 (0.04)† | 0.43 (0.04)† | 0.02 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| Median family income | 0.76 (0.03)† | 0.44 (0.03)† | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.001 | |
| Median house value | 0.20 (0.04)† | 0.20 (0.04)† | 0.97 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| Percent owner-occupied housing units | 0.68 (0.03)† | 0.42 (0.03)† | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| Total number of businesses | 0.09 (0.05) | 0.05 (0.05) | 0.39 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| Composition | Percent of population 5+ living in same house since 1995 | 0.04 (0.03) | -0.09 (0.04) | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Census tract participation rate | 0.27 (0.04)† | 0.17 (0.03)† | 0.005 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| Percent black, non-Hispanic | -0.06 (0.03) | -0.05 (0.03) | 0.80 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| Percent Hispanic | -0.26 (0.02)† | -0.06 (0.02) | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| Percent foreign-born | 0.08 (0.02)† | 0.11 (0.02)† | 0.34 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| Percent minority males 10-19 years | -0.39 (0.04)† | -0.21 (0.04)† | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| Ratio of minority males to white, non-Hispanic males aged 10-19 years | -0.14 (0.04)† | -0.03 (0.04) | <0.001 | 0.0043 | 0.005 | |
| Percent minority adults 25+ | -0.09 (0.04) | 0.11 (0.04)† | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| Ratio of adult minority males 25+ years to minority youth 10-19 years | 0.15 (0.04)† | 0.10 (0.04) | 0.23 | 0.03 | 0.05 | |
All neighborhood and housing characteristics were standardized with a mean of zero and standard deviation of 1
p<.001 Statistically different from controls Linear regression model controls for age, sex, race/ethnicity, parental education, family structure, parent's marital status, parent's employment status, parent's receipt of AFDC/TANF, parent's teen parent status, no teens in household, sibling combination, household size, presence of family health vulnerability/disability, family disability, and family experience of victimization. Test of treatment group differences calculated from F-tests
Treatment*site interactions jointly equal 0
Adherence-adjusted analyses implemented via two-stage least squares (2SLS) regression. Treatment*site interactions jointly equal 0