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. 2021 Feb 19;68:102539. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102539

Table 2.

Spearman correlation between ZCTA level socio-demographics and COVID-19 rates (N = 176).

SARS-CoV-2 Test Rate
COVID-19 Case Rate
COVID-19 Death Rate
rs P-value Spatially
Adjusted
P-valueb
rs P-value Spatially adjusted P-valueb rs P-value Spatially adjusted P-valueb
Male to female ratio (%) 0.01 0.92 0.95 −0.15 0.05 0.13 0.04 0.63 0.71
% under 18 years 0.23 <0.01 0.10 0.58 <0.01 <0.01 0.42 <0.01 <0.01
% 18–44 years −0.38 <0.01 <0.01 −0.52 <0.01 <0.01 −0.35 <0.01 <0.01
% 45–64 years 0.13 0.08 0.29 0.30 <0.01 0.07 0.08 0.28 0.53
% 65–74 years 0.17 0.03 0.12 0.07 0.37 0.61 0.02 0.72 0.80
% over 75 years 0.22 <0.01 0.03 0.09 0.26 0.48 0.12 0.10 0.24
% non-Hispanic White −0.18 0.02 0.17 −0.55 <0.01 <0.01 −0.57 <0.01 <0.01
% non-Hispanic Black 0.24 <0.01 0.04 0.45 <0.01 <0.01 0.47 <0.01 <0.01
% non-Hispanic Asian −0.28 <0.01 0.03 −0.31 <0.01 0.06 −0.26 <0.01 0.05
% non-Hispanic others −0.26 <0.01 0.01 −0.25 <0.01 0.05 −0.13 0.09 0.23
% Hispanic 0.28 <0.01 0.03 0.45 <0.01 <0.01 0.47 <0.01 <0.01
Median household income −0.24 <0.01 0.08 −0.49 <0.01 <0.01 −0.65 <0.01 <0.01
Average household size 0.22 <0.01 0.12 0.62 <0.01 <0.01 0.39 <0.01 <0.01
% service jobs 0.28 <0.01 0.04 0.59 <0.01 <0.01 0.61 <0.01 <0.01
% health-related jobs 0.41 <0.01 <0.01 0.62 <0.01 <0.01 0.50 <0.01 <0.01
% pre-pandemic transit commuters −0.21 <0.01 0.13 −0.21 <0.01 0.28 0.14 0.06 0.32
% low density zones 0.24 <0.01 0.10 0.50 <0.01 <0.01 0.24 <0.01 0.11
% high density zones −0.12 0.10 0.37 −0.21 <0.01 0.25 0.16 0.04 0.26
Out-migration indexa −0.29 <0.01 <0.07 −0.57 <0.01 <0.01 −0.40 <0.01 <0.01
Testing rate 0.78 <0.01 <0.01 0.51 <0.01 <0.01
Case rate - 0.71 <0.01 <0.01

a % changes in unique cellular phone signals between March 1, 2020 and May 1, 2020.

b P-value of Spearman correlation test accounting for spatial autocorrelation.

Boldface indicates statistical significance.