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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Inj Prev. 2019 Jul 12;26(6):588–592. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043356

Table 1.

Participant and neighborhood characteristics

Participant Demographics Total (%)
n = 866
Age (years)
   13-14 280 (32.3)
   15-16 338 (39.0)
   17-19 246 (28.4)
Race
   Black/African-American 632 (77.5)
   White 30 (3.7)
   Other 125 (14.5)
Ethnicity
   Hispanic 53 (6.1)
Educational status
   Currently in school 734 (84.8)
   Not in school
      Completed high school degree 28 (3.2)
      Did not complete high school degree 43 (5.0)
Highest educational level of parents/guardians
   Did not complete high school 378 (43.6)
   Completed high school or received GED 149 (17.2)
   College degree or higher 208 (24.0)
 
Violence perpetration
   Fighting 545 (66.4)
   Threatening someone with a weapon 236 (28.6)
   Injuring someone with a weapon 121 (14.7)
 
Neighborhood characteristics Mean (SD)
   Median household income $35,950 (26,112)
   Unemployment 8.35% (4.7)
   Population density (people per square mile) 6,110 (3,098)
 
Neighborhood physical features Mean (SD)
   Walkability (National Walkability Index score) 14.9 (0.07)
   Street intersection density (intersections per square mile) 180.7 (3.2)
   Bike lane density (bike lanes per square mile) 2.5 (0.09)
   Alcohol outlet density (alcohol outlets per square mile) 10.3 (0.52)
   Tobacco outlet density (tobacco outlets per square mile) 6.5 (0.15)
   Median NDVI score in 0.25-mile radius 327.5 (4.0)