Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study population
| Eligible | Not eligible | Eligible + ineligible | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Did not gentrify | Gentrified | Total | Total | Total | |
| (N = 8981) | (N = 1826) | (N = 10807) | (N = 32467) | (N = 43274) | |
| Block groups | 23 | 5 | 28 | 71 | 99 |
| Demographics | |||||
| Female (%) | 4964 (55.3%) | 960 (52.6%) * | 5924 (54.8%) | 18,561 (57.2%) | 24485 (56.6%) |
| Age (yrs) (Median, 25th-75th) | 41.4 (27.5–53.8) | 42.8, (29.1–54.1) | 41.7, (27.8–53.9) | 45.4 (32.0–57.8) | 44.5 (30.8–56.9) |
| Percent ≥ 65 years | 940 (10.5%) | 173 (9.5%) | 1113 (10.3%) | 4611 (14.2%) | 5724 (13.2%) |
| Race | |||||
| Black | 7302 (81.3%) | 1620 (88.7%) | 8922 (82.6%) | 13,710 (42.2%) | 22632 (52.3%) |
| White | 897 (10.0%) | 113 (6.2%)* | 1010 (9.3%) | 16,135 (49.7%) | 17145 (39.6%) |
| Others | 782 (8.7%) | 93 (5.1%) | 875 (8.1%) | 2622 (8.1%) | 3497 (8.1%) |
|
Ethnicity Hispanic Non-Hispanic Others Payor | |||||
| Private | 2545 (34.8%) | 499 (33.5%) | 3044 (34.5%) | 17294 (63.6%) | 20338 (47.0%) |
| Public | 3528 (48.3%) | 711 (47.7%) | 4239 (48.2%) | 8009 (29.4%) | 12248 (28.3%) |
| Self-pay | 1230 (16.8%) | 280 (18.8%) | 1510 (17.2%) | 1902 (7.0%) | 3412 (7.9%) |
| Variables defining gentrification | |||||
| Median household income (mean (SD)) | 26045 (9572) | 19562 (9396) | 24887 (9702) | 58114 (28,540) | 48716 (28878) |
| Percent bachelor’s degree (mean (SD)) | 13.9 (10.5) | 16.1 (6.8) | 14.3 (9.8) | 46.9 (21.9) | 37.6 (24.2) |
| Average rent (mean (SD)) | 695 (136) | 581 (135)* | 674 (141) | 937 (272) | 859 (268) |
| Percent below poverty (mean (SD)) | 39.5 (15.2) | 48.4 (13.6) | 41.1 (15) | 14 (16) | 21 (20) |
*p < 0.05 comparing neighborhoods that did and did not gentrify
SD, standard deviation