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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 26.
Published in final edited form as: Du Bois Rev. 2016 Oct 26;13(2):237–259. doi: 10.1017/S1742058X16000205

Table 3.

Racial-Ethnic Differences in Exposure to Block-Level PM2.5

Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
Model 4
Model 5
Coef. SE Coef. SE Coef. SE Coef. SE Coef. SE
Fixed Effects
 Intercept 2.609 0.000***   2.631 0.001***   2.535 0.008***   2.534 0.008***   2.526 0.010***
 Black 0.136 0.001***   0.116 0.002***   0.049 0.003***   0.045 0.003***   0.045 0.003***
 Latino 0.145 0.002***   0.050 0.003*   0.031 0.006***   0.030 0.006***   0.034 0.005***
 Age   0.000 0.000   0.000 0.000
 Average income   0.000 0.000*   0.000 0.000**
 Unemployed (v. employed) −0.006 0.000*** −0.005 0.000***
 Unmarried (v. married)   0.006 0.001***   0.005 0.001***
 Family size −0.001 0.000*** −0.001 0.000***
 Rent (v. own) home   0.013 0.000***   0.014 0.000***
 Metro segregation −0.332 0.057***
 Metro industrial share −0.890 0.017***
Rates of Change
 Time −0.022 0.000*** −0.020 0.000*** −0.020 0.000*** −0.024 0.000***
 Time* Black −0.001 0.000*** −0.002 0.000*** −0.002 0.000*** −0.001 0.000***
 Time* Latino −0.003 0.000*** −0.002 0.000** −0.002 0.000** −0.001 0.000
Random Effects
 Within-individuals   0.082 0.000   0.067 0.000   0.067 0.000   0.066 0.000
 Between-individuals (in metros)
  Intercept (at t=7.63)   0.176 0.001   0.075 0.000   0.074 0.000   0.074 0.000
  Time   0.009 0.000   0.005 0.000   0.005 0.000   0.005 0.000
 Between-metros
  Intercept (at t=7.63)   0.214 0.006   0.214 0.006   0.228 0.006
  Black   0.032 0.003   0.031 0.003   0.031 0.003
  Latino   0.057 0.006   0.057 0.006   0.056 0.006
  Time   0.006 0.000   0.006 0.000   0.006 0.000
  Time* Black   0.001 0.000   0.001 0.000   0.002 0.000
  Time* Latino   0.003 0.000   0.003 0.000   0.004 0.000

Note: Block-level PM2.5 is log-transformed following the addition of a constant value of 1.

*

p<0.05

**

p<0.01

***

p<0.001.