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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Fam Syst Health. 2018 Aug 23;36(4):439–450. doi: 10.1037/fsh0000367

Table 2.

Neighborhood Cluster-level Characteristics, Boston Neighborhood Survey (BNS), 2008 (N=38)

N Mean Median Min Max SD
Physical and social disorder 38 2.86 2.83 2.06 3.98 0.47
Social cohesion and control 38 3.70 3.66 3.20 4.11 0.23
% below poverty line 38 20.70 21.16 5.12 54.66 9.85
% employeda 38 88.54 89.93 77.95 97.02 4.69
% of households on public assistance 38 6.45 5.34 0.17 18.61 4.25
Violent crime (count, 2008 data) 38 191.77 145.00 45.00 386.00 107.68
a

Reflects employment among individuals ages 16 and older.