Appendix Table 6.
Pearson Correlations among Measures of Socioeconomic Status among Whites (N=4,184)
Household income divided by FPL | Education - less than HS | Community SSS | National SSS | Tract Level Gini Coefficient | Neighborhood Affluence | Neighborhood Race/ethnicity Concentration | Residential Instability | |
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Household income divided by FPLa | 1 | |||||||
Education - less than HSb | −0.12*** | 1 | ||||||
Community SSSc | 0.17*** | −0.08*** | 1 | |||||
National SSSc | 0.27*** | −0.17*** | 0.58*** | 1 | ||||
Tract Level Gini Coefficient | −0.04** | 0.04** | −0.01 | −0.01 | 1 | |||
Neighborhood Affluence | 0.22*** | −0.20*** | 0.09*** | 0.22*** | −0.18*** | 1 | ||
Neighborhood Race/Ethnicity Concentration | 0.02 | 0.06*** | 0.01 | −0.00 | −0.08** | −0.23*** | 1 | |
Residential Instability | 0.02 | −0.08*** | 0.01 | 0.06*** | 0.27*** | 0.14** | −0.07*** | 1 |
Note:
Continuous household income/FPL variable
The point-biserial correlation coefficient is reported between the dichotomous education variable and all other variables, which are continuous. The point-biserial coefficient is a special case of the Pearson correlation coefficient.
SSS: Subjective Social Status
p ≤ .001;
p ≤ .01