Table 2.
Housing and Neighborhood Conditions, Stratified by Household Energy Insecurity (combined indicator) of Respondents to the Washington Heights Community Survey, New York City, 2015 (N = 2494).
| All Households n (weighted column %) 2494 (100.0) |
Severely Energy Insecure Households n (weighted row %) 342 (14.0) |
Moderately Energy Insecure Households n (weighted row %) 275 (12.7) |
Energy Secure Households n (weighted row %) 1877 (73.2) |
P-value (*sig < 0.05) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housing tenure | 0.08 | ||||
| Own | 291 (8.8) | 22 (8.9) | 25 (8.2) | 244 (82.9) | |
| Rent | 1971 (91.2) | 275 (14.7) | 228 (13.0) | 1468 (72.3) | |
| Poor housing conditions | < 0.01* | ||||
| Yes | 1425 (61.6) | 222 (16.2) | 191 (16.4) | 1012 (67.4) | |
| No | 1069 (38.4) | 120 (10.6) | 84 (7.0) | 865 (82.4) | |
| Residential stability | < 0.01* | ||||
| Moved in 2011 or later | 360 (19.7) | 37 (10.2) | 29 (7.4) | 294 (82.4) | |
| Moved in 2006–2010 | 343 (18.0) | 46 (15.3) | 39 (12.1) | 258 (72.6) | |
| Moved in 1996–2005 | 492 (22.2) | 70 (16.8) | 54 (17.8) | 368 (65.4) | |
| Moved in before 1995 and earlier | 1299 (40.1) | 189 (13.9) | 153 (12.9) | 957 (73.3) | |
| Neighborhood social cohesion | 0.12 | ||||
| Yes | 1901 (79.3) | 264 (14.7) | 209 (13.7) | 1428 (71.6) | |
| No | 523 (20.7) | 74 (12.0) | 59 (9.4) | 390 (78.6) | |
| Neighborhood violence | 0.10 | ||||
| Yes | 126 (6.1) | 31 (18.9) | 22 (20.1) | 73 (61.0) | |
| No | 2361 (93.9) | 310 (13.8) | 252 (12.3) | 1799 (73.9) |