Table 4.
Total | Chicago | Deep South | |||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | p-diff a | |
Total participants | 361 | 259 | 102 | ||||
Connections in home neighborhood | |||||||
No family, no friends | 79 | 21.9% | 55 | 21.2% | 24 | 23.5% | 0.21 |
Some family, no friends | 33 | 9.1% | 23 | 8.9% | 10 | 9.8% | |
No family, some friends | 109 | 30.2% | 72 | 27.8% | 37 | 36.3% | |
Some friends, some family | 140 | 38.8% | 109 | 42.1% | 31 | 30.4% | |
Important neighborhood features b | |||||||
Reasonable cost | 281 | 77.8% | 202 | 78.0% | 79 | 77.5% | 0.91 |
Quiet | 184 | 51.0% | 130 | 50.2% | 54 | 52.9% | 0.64 |
Access to downtown area | 146 | 40.4% | 108 | 41.7% | 38 | 37.3% | 0.44 |
Near family and friends | 109 | 30.2% | 76 | 29.3% | 33 | 32.4% | 0.58 |
Mostly Black | 52 | 14.4% | 34 | 13.1% | 18 | 17.6% | 0.27 |
Mostly White | 34 | 9.4% | 24 | 9.3% | 10 | 9.8% | 0.88 |
Mostly gay | 47 | 13.0% | 32 | 12.4% | 15 | 14.7% | 0.55 |
Current neighborhood problems c | |||||||
Litter, trash | 263 | 72.9% | 200 | 77.2% | 63 | 61.8% | 0.003 |
Drug dealing | 252 | 69.8% | 189 | 73.0% | 63 | 61.8% | 0.04 |
Adults and teenagers on the street | 220 | 60.9% | 173 | 66.8% | 47 | 46.1% | 0.001 |
Empty/abandoned houses | 237 | 65.7% | 177 | 68.3% | 60 | 58.8% | 0.09 |
Police harassment/abuse | 241 | 66.8% | 185 | 71.4% | 56 | 54.9% | 0.003 |
Lack of police presence/response | 235 | 65.1% | 176 | 68.0% | 59 | 57.8% | 0.07 |
Social group disagreements | 218 | 60.4% | 164 | 63.3% | 54 | 52.9% | 0.07 |
Graffiti | 186 | 51.5% | 143 | 55.2% | 43 | 42.2% | 0.02 |
Neighborhood perceptions d | |||||||
Neighborhood has good reputation | 108 | 29.9% | 64 | 24.7% | 44 | 43.1% | <0.001 |
Residents viewed negatively by others | 151 | 41.8% | 117 | 45.2% | 34 | 33.3% | 0.04 |
Neighborhood is safe | 93 | 25.8% | 55 | 21.2% | 38 | 37.3% | 0.00 |
Recent negative events e | |||||||
Fight with a weapon | 210 | 58.2% | 166 | 64.1% | 44 | 43.1% | <0.001 |
Someone was jumped or robbed | 189 | 52.4% | 162 | 62.5% | 27 | 26.5% | 0.007 |
Robbed, or property damaged | 95 | 26.3% | 69 | 26.6% | 26 | 25.5% | 0.82 |
a Differences assessed using Chi-squared (categorial) or ANOVA (continuous); b,c Non-exclusive categories, ranked as ‘important’ or ‘very important’; d Non-exclusive categories, participants who ‘agree’ or ‘strongly agree’; e Non-exclusive categories, reported at least once in the six months prior to participation.