Table 4.

Linear regression models of association between log TL and perceived neighborhood characteristics by US region among Blacks, HRS 2008 (n=517) ^a

	Unclean	Unsafe	Social Discohesion
	b (SE)	b (SE)	b (SE)
Neighborhood Characteristic	0.04 (0.01)^**	0.03 (0.01)⁺	0.02 (0.01)
Region
Northeast	0.12 (0.06)^*	0.13 (0.06)^*	0.12 (0.06)^*
Midwest	0.12 (0.06)^*	0.10 (0.06)	0.07 (0.05)
South	0.15 (0.05)^**	0.12 (0.06)^*	0.12 (0.05)^*
Region * Neighborhood Characteristic
Northeast	−0.03 (0.01)^*	−0.03 (0.02)⁺	−0.03 (0.02)⁺
Midwest	−0.04 (0.01)^**	−0.03 (0.02)^*	−0.03 (0.01)^*
South	−0.05 (0.01)^**	−0.03 (0.01)^*	−0.03 (0.01)^*
Constant	0.24 (0.09)^**	0.30 (0.09)^**	0.34 (0.09)^**
R squared	0.0750	0.0660	0.0657

⁺

p<0.1

p<0.05

^**

p<0.01

Models control for age, gender, marital status, years of education, log income, log wealth, obesity, number of chronic conditions, CES-D score, smoking status, alcohol use, physical activity