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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 19.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2017 May 19;199:87–95. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.05.038

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics; 1940 Census tracts, Philadelphia (n = 404)

Mean SD Min Max
Present Day Characteristics
 Shootings (2013–2014) 5.317 8.678 0 73
 Violent crimes (2013–2014) 80.517 85.849 0 611
 Population (ACS 5-year estimate 2014) 3777.238 2981.639 2 16013
HOLC Zone (% of land area)
 Red 27.817 39.396 0.000 100.000
 Yellow 15.127 28.864 0.000 100.000
 Blue 23.745 37.546 0.000 100.000
 Green (reference) 4.745 17.403 0.000 100.000
 No zone 28.565 38.150 0.000 100.000
1940 Census Variables
 White and other race (%) 90.023 19.020 0.000 100.000
 Black (%) 9.878 18.994 0.000 100.000
 Median house value (1940 $US) 2686 2590 0 16278
 Age ≥ 25 years without a high school certificate (%) 77.835 16.685 0.000 100.000
 Tenant occupied dwellings (%) 57.469 19.758 0.000 100.000
 Dwellings without a radio (%) 5.629 11.166 0.000 100.000
 Dwellings without a mechanical refrigerator (%) 38.515 26.809 0.000 100.000
 Dwellings without central heating (%) 12.887 20.380 0.000 100.000
 Dwellings with ≥ 1 person per room (%) 10.908 8.692 0.000 62.500