. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol. 2019 Dec 30;64:101666. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2019.101666

Table 2.

Pearson’s correlations of neighborhood factors and cancer control behaviors among African American study participants, 2008–2010

	Median Resident Age	Racial/Ethnic Diversity	Median Resident Income	Home Ownership
Cancer risk behaviors
Alcohol Use in past 30 days	−.04^*	−.02	.04	−.02
# days with 4/5+ alcoholic beverages/day in past 30 days^a	−.02	−.04	.04	−.04^*
Smoked >= 100 cigarettes	−.04	−.06^*	−.07^**	−.08^**
Cancer prevention behaviors
Fruit servings per day	.04	−.01	.03	.02
Vegetable servings per day	.05^*	−.03	.05^*	.03
Walking minutes / week	−.01	.02	.01	.02
Moderate physical activity minutes / week	−.01	−.01	−.01	−.02
Vigorous physical activity minutes / week	.01	−.01	−.01	.01
Cancer screening behaviors
Mammogram in past year	.07^*	.05	.06^*	.03
PSA test in past year	.11^*	.07	.10^*	.12^*

^**

= p < .01;

= p < .05

heavy drinking defined as 4+/day for women, 5+/day for men

PSA = prostate specific antigen