Table 4.
Across-domains multivariable relationships between neighborhood characteristics and the community incidence of COVID-19 in Harris County, Texas, between 23 June 2020 and 3 August 2020. Harris County census tracts (N = 786).
| Independent Variable | Coeff. | Coeff. 95% CI | IRR | IRR 95% CI | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Black or African American pop. | 0.0267 | 0.0131 | 0.040 | 1.027 | 1.013 | 1.041 | <0.001 |
| % Foreign-born pop. not a United States citizen | 0.1066 | 0.0806 | 0.133 | 1.112 | 1.084 | 1.142 | <0.001 |
| Area Deprivation Index (ADI) | 0.2709 | 0.1700 | 0.372 | 1.311 | 1.185 | 1.450 | <0.001 |
| % of households with no vehicle available | 0.0741 | 0.0327 | 0.116 | 1.077 | 1.033 | 1.122 | <0.001 |
| % of pop. that is 65 y and over | 0.0588 | 0.0085 | 0.109 | 1.061 | 1.009 | 1.115 | 0.022 |
| % Education/Training/Library occupation | −0.1941 | −0.2497 | −0.139 | 0.824 | 0.779 | 0.871 | <0.001 |
| Capacity of assisted living inside census tract | −0.0077 | −0.0130 | −0.002 | 0.992 | 0.987 | 0.998 | 0.004 |
Note: The relative risk for COVID-19 is reported per 10-unit increase in the magnitude of each neighborhood-level explanatory variable, holding all other variables in the model constant. CI, Confidence Interval; IRR, Incidence Rate Ratios.