Table 2:
Baseline Characteristics for participants, categorized by assigned (2006) neighborhood category
| N=942 | Total Sample | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean (SD) or % | Appreciating Mean (SD) or % |
Depreciating Mean (SD) or % |
Persistently Poor Mean (SD) or % |
Gentrifying Mean (SD) or % |
P value/F-stat | |
| Total Population | 942 | 7.40% | 25.40% | 49.78% | 17.42% | ||
| BMI | 899 | 28.36(7.02) | 28.18 (6.2) | 27.66(7.68) | 28.57(7.04) | 28.69(6.79) | 0.509 |
| Self-Rated Health(1=high 5=low) | 924 | 4.09(0.84) | 4.08(0.79) | 4.21(0.85) | 4.02(0.82) | 4.09(0.82) | 0.101 |
| Psychological Distress (0=low 24=high) | 898 | 4.9(4.13) | 5.84(4.73) | 4.61 (3.72) | 4.94(3.98) | 4.82(4.44) | 0.301 |
| Age at baseline | 942 | 25.26(4.49) | 25.26(3.82) | 25.73(4.98) | 24.79(4.3) | 25.28(4.38) | 0.136 |
| Number of Children* | 938 | 1.81(1.03) | 1.71(0.94) | 1.78(1.05) | 1.84(1.10) | 1.79(0.85) | 0.821 |
| Social Support (1=low 4=high) | 906 | 3.18(0.45) | 3.15(0.51) | 3.24(0.42) | 3.16(0.47) | 3.23(0.47) | 0.190 |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||||||
| NH White | 65 | 9.43% | 23.08% | 50.77% | 15.38% | 10.77% | |
| NH Black | 597 | 86.65% | 5.36% | 22.45% | 53.60% | 18.59% | 0.000 |
| Hispanic/Other | 27 | 3.92% | 14.81% | 29.63% | 48.15% | 7.41% | |
| Receipt of welfare or cash assistance | 922 | 11.06% | 5.66% | 8.38% | 15.80% | 12.20% | 0.036 |
| Employed | 940 | 51.49% | 59.62 | 52.72% | 49.68% | 51.59% | 0.602 |
| Highest level of Education | 929 | ||||||
| 8th grade | 6 | 0.65% | 0% | 40.00% | 20.00% | 40.00% | |
| 9th grade | 26 | 2.80% | 10.53% | 42.11% | 42.11% | 5.26% | |
| 10th | 46 | 4.95% | 5.71% | 22.86% | 54.29% | 17.14% | 0.528 |
| 11th | 67 | 7.21% | 3.92% | 33.33% | 41.18% | 21.57% | |
| 12th | 784 | 84.39% | 7.87% | 24.79% | 29.75% | 17.59% | |
| Neighborhood Variables | |||||||
| Racial Composition | |||||||
| Majority White | 308 | 38.5% | 14.12% | 37.79% | 35.5% | 12.6% | |
| Majority Black | 35 | 43.88% | 2.09% | 19.7% | 55.82% | 22.39% | 0.000 |
| Majority Hispanic/No majority | 14 | 17.62% | 7.5% | 25.66% | 49.23% | 17.71% | |