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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021 Sep 8;148(5):1262–1269.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.07.044

Table 2.

Contribution of Census Tract SES, Built Environment, and Racial/ethnic Composition to Distribution of ED Visits Among Census Tracts

Model Proportion of Variance Explained* 95% Credible Interval
Unadjusted - -
Race and Ethnicity 0.33 0.23, 0.38
Single Measure of Poverty 0.03 0, 0.05
Poverty + Other SES Characteristics§ 0.15 0.07, 0.22
Built Environment 0.08 0.02, 0.03
Select SES and Built Environment Characteristics# 0.14 0.08, 0.20
Select SES and Built Environment Characteristics + Race and Ethnicity** 0.34 0.24, 0.40
*

Proportion of variance in asthma-related ED visits among census tracts

percent of residents in a census tract who are Black or Latinx

percent of residents in a census tract living below the federal poverty line,

§

percent of residents in a census tract living below the federal poverty line, without a vehicle, less than a high school education, without a computer, and without health insurance,

the percentage of occupied housing units in a census tract using natural gas for heating, the percentage of occupied housing units with residents living in crowded housing (more than one person occupying a room), the percentage of all housing units in a census tract that are vacant, the percentage of all housing units with ten or more attached units, and 5) the percentage of all housing units with two or fewer bedrooms

#

percentage of residents in a census tract living under the federal poverty line, without a vehicle, with less than a high school education, the percentage of occupied housing units in a census tract using natural gas for heating, the percentage of occupied housing units with residents living in crowded housing (more than one person occupying a room), the percentage of all housing units in a census tract that are vacant, the percentage of all housing units with ten or more attached units, and the percentage of all housing units with two or fewer bedrooms,

**

percentage of residents in a census tract living under the federal poverty line, without a vehicle, with less than a high school education, the percentage of occupied housing units in a census tract using natural gas for heating, the percentage of occupied housing units with residents living in crowded housing (more than one person occupying a room), the percentage of all housing units in a census tract that are vacant, the percentage of all housing units with ten or more attached units, and the percentage of all housing units with two or fewer bedrooms, Black, and Latinx.