Table 5.
Spearman Correlations of Dependent Adult Abuse Prosecution Rates (2006–2015) with County Demographics and Government Characteristics.
| Prosecution Rate |
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|---|---|---|
| Spearman Correlation Coefficient | P | |
| County demographics | ||
| Population 18 years and older | 0.150 | .138 |
| Percent Hispanic population | 0.126 | .215 |
| Percent high school graduates 25 years and older | −0.015 | .886 |
| Median household income | 0.040 | .694 |
| Percent persons below poverty level | 0.062 | .544 |
| Persons per square mile | 0.176 | .082 |
| Rural/urban continuum code | −0.106 | .298 |
| Government characteristics | ||
| Mean county attorney salary | 0.085 | .403 |
| County attorney’s years in office | −0.013 | .902 |
| Mean sheriff’s salary | 0.175 | .084 |
| Sheriff’s years in office | −0.008 | .937 |