Table 3.
Linear two-level Multilevel Models of the Differences in Composition Characteristics and Z-score of Self-Defined Neighborhood Compositions.
| Self-defined Neighborhood minus Tract %Poverty | Self-defined Neighborhood minus Tract %Black | Z-score Self-Defined Neighborhood %Poverty | Z-score Self-Defined Neighborhood %Black | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | (se) | b | (se) | b | (se) | b | (se) | |
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| Census tract-level | ||||||||
| Census tract characteristics | ||||||||
| Proportion Black | 0.025 | (0.020) | −0.238*** | (0.030) | - | - | ||
| Proportion poverty | −0.304*** | (0.033) | −0.035 | (0.050) | - | - | ||
| z(ln(Population density)) | −0.001 | (0.004) | 0.001 | (0.006) | - | - | ||
| Individual-level characteristics | ||||||||
| Local area compositional characteristics | ||||||||
| Proportion Black | - | - | - | .924*** | (0.208) | |||
| Proportion poverty | - | - | 1.08*** | (0.273) | - | |||
| z(ln(Neighborhood size)) | −0.004 | (0.003) | −0.031*** | (0.004) | 0.016 | (0.029) | 0.029 | (0.033) |
| Moved in last two years | 0.004 | (0.008) | 0.004 | (0.010) | −0.011 | (0.074) | 0.032 | (0.087) |
| Years at current address | 0.000 | (0.000) | 0.000 | (0.000) | −0.007* | (0.003) | −0.001 | (0.003) |
| Own residence | −0.006 | (0.008) | 0.000 | (0.010) | 0.043 | (0.074) | −0.146 | (0.086) |
| Home in neighborhood | −0.001 | (0.006) | 0.025** | (0.008) | −0.054 | (0.061) | 0.074 | (0.070) |
| Age | −0.000 | (0.000) | −0.000 | (0.000) | 0.007* | (0.003) | 0.008* | (0.004) |
| Male | −0.001 | (0.008) | −0.016 | (0.010) | 0.123 | (0.077) | −0.119 | (0.089) |
| Married (ref.) | - | - | - | |||||
| Cohabiting | −0.015 | (0.010) | −0.014 | (0.012) | −0.202* | (0.094) | −0.197 | (0.109) |
| Single | 0.014 | (0.008) | 0.005 | (0.010) | −0.053 | (0.079) | −0.064 | (0.092) |
| Other | 0.004 | (0.008) | 0.011 | (0.010) | −0.001 | (0.079) | −0.188* | (0.091) |
| Race-Ethnicity | ||||||||
| White (ref.) | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Black | 0.020** | (0.008) | 0.054*** | (0.010) | 0.192** | (0.077) | 0.238** | (0.092) |
| Hispanic | 0.011 | (0.012) | 0.024 | (0.016) | 0.132 | (0.125) | −0.112 | (0.144) |
| Multiracial | 0.020 | (0.019) | 0.013 | (0.025) | 0.091 | (0.190) | −0.123 | (0.223) |
| Other | 0.037* | (0.015) | 0.005 | (0.020) | −0.057 | (0.149) | 0.021 | (0.175) |
| Household income | −0.002 | (0.001) | −0.001 | (0.001) | 0.015 | (0.009) | 0.008 | (0.010) |
| Educational attainment | ||||||||
| No secondary degree | 0.032* | (0.013) | 0.025 | (0.017) | 0.044 | (0.129) | −0.159 | (0.151) |
| Secondary degree | 0.034*** | (0.009) | −0.004 | (0.012) | 0.114 | (0.092) | −0.179 | (0.107) |
| Some college | 0.018* | (0.008) | 0.009 | (0.010) | 0.101 | (0.076) | 0.011 | (0.088) |
| 4-Year degree (ref.) | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Graduate degree | 0.004 | (0.008) | −0.013 | (0.010) | −0.062 | (0.074) | −0.095 | (0.087) |
| Constant | 0.031** | (0.010) | 0.001 | (0.015) | −0.400*** | (0.101) | −0.370*** | (0.106) |
| Census Tract N | 184 | 184 | 184 | 184 | ||||
| Respondent N | 1,152 | 1,152 | 1,152 | 1,152 | ||||
Standard errors in parentheses
*
p < .05
**
p < .01
***
p < .001 (two-tailed).
Notes: z(ln(neighborhood size)), moved in last two years, years at current address, residence ownership, home inside or outside self-defined neighborhood, age, gender, and family income are centered.