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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Hous Built Environ. 2019 Jun 12;34(3):807–827. doi: 10.1007/s10901-019-09684-w

Table 1.

Multivariate analysis results

Dependent: vacancy rate change Description Percent change of vacant housing unit (%) in 10 years 1960–1970 1970–1980 1980–1990 1990–2000 2000–2010
Population change Percent change of total population (%) in 10 years − .0112 .0332* − .0577** − .0337 − .0998**
Area change Percent change of land area (%) in 10 years − .0064 .0002 .0134 .0247 .0683*
Nonwhite Pop. change Percent change of nonwhite population (%) in 10 years .0026 − .0405 − .0167 − .0109 − .1076*
Unemployment change Percent change of unemployment rate (%) in 10 years .5591** .4095** .4360** .3376** .5256**
Region West (omitted) Location as determined by U.S. census
South 1.7029** − 1.2658** 1.3745** − 1.8250** .7945
Midwest 1.6320** − .7033 − .3696 .0606 .7794
Northeast 1.8291** .7624 − .5984 − .3665 − .2521
Density change Percent change of density (mi2/person,  %) in 10 years − .0008** − .0003 .0000 − .0019** .0005
Constant − 1.8184** .9458* 1.0651* .3237 2.0145**
Adj. R-sq .3917 .2798 .4637 .3068 .3969
Obs. (N) 130 130 130 130 130
**

p < .01,

*

p < .05