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. 2022 Jan 9:1–25. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s11292-021-09495-6

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics, independent variables, Vancouver neighbourhoods, 2016

Minimum Maximum Mean Std. Deviation
Males (15–24), % 3.2 8.5 6.0 1.8
Single persons, % 39.5 70.4 48.7 6.4
Move, 1 year, % 11.8 25.0 16.8 3.6
Move, 5 years, % 34.0 64.1 45.0 9.0
Post-secondary, % 44.7 79.2 63.1 11.3
Unemployment rate 4.6 8.5 5.9 1.0
Government assistance, % 2.8 21.8 8.5 4.5
Lone parents, % 8.8 25.6 16.5 4.0
Average family income, $000 s 79.0 311.5 135.0 53.8
Low income, % 11.2 43.4 17.9 6.7
Immigrants, % 26.6 60.0 42.7 10.8
Recent immigrants, % 3.2 8.9 5.8 1.8
Visible minorities, % 20.1 84.2 51.7 19.5
Ethnic heterogeneity 36.0 88.5 61.3 16.0
Aboriginal, % 0.5 10.0 2.4 2.3
Apartments, % 9.3 99.2 49.5 28.1
Rented, % 21.7 80.8 47.5 15.4
Major repairs, % 3.6 10.6 6.9 1.7
Old houses, % 10.1 70.2 51.6 12.8
Average rent, $00 s 7.0 18.2 13.3 2.8
Average dwelling value, $000 s 670.8 3247.3 1637.4 817.5
Census population 7970 62,030 28,778.9 15,188.9
Number of families 2005 14,550 7333.2 3756.7
Number of dwellings 2875 35,105 12,931.8 8667.3