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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2009 Nov 28;21(3):445–461. doi: 10.1007/s10552-009-9476-y

Table 5.

Sample statistics for interpersonal factors (PCSAs): means followed by standard deviations

State CA
CT
GA
IA
KY
Number PCSAs 336
71
116
224
144
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Isolation index for African Americans 0.050 0.078 0.068 0.104 0.286 0.192 0.011 0.036 0.059 0.094
Isolation index for Hispanics 0.311 0.237 0.077 0.108 0.043 0.051 0.024 0.038 0.015 0.014
Isolation index for Asians 0.067 0.085 0.023 0.015 0.012 0.016 0.007 0.009 0.006 0.010
Isolation index for native Americans 0.022 0.057 0.004 0.006 0.004 0.003 0.004 0.011 0.004 0.005
Proportion of workforce who commute >60 min 0.102 0.059 0.086 0.060 0.094 0.042 0.049 0.026 0.094 0.048
Proportion of elderly with little/no English language 0.286 0.168 0.152 0.098 0.200 0.199 0.081 0.130 0.104 0.155
Prop. area's beneficiaries in Medicare HMO 2001 0.308 0.201 0.082 0.079 0.021 0.045 0.024 0.052 0.034 0.058
Prop. area's beneficiaries in Medicare HMO 2004 0.277 0.185 0.059 0.067 0.048 0.030 0.056 0.063 0.043 0.048
State LA
MI
NJ
NM
UT
WA
Number PCSAs 109
148
141
61
50
110
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Isolation index for African Americans 0.357 0.172 0.086 0.172 0.125 0.158 0.014 0.018 0.006 0.014 0.019 0.037
Isolation index for Hispanics 0.020 0.017 0.034 0.044 0.121 0.144 0.501 0.219 0.096 0.094 0.088 0.125
Isolation index for Asians 0.011 0.031 0.011 0.017 0.053 0.055 0.006 0.008 0.010 0.011 0.031 0.043
Isolation index for native Americans 0.012 0.028 0.013 0.026 0.002 0.002 0.139 0.271 0.026 0.060 0.055 0.130
Prop. workforce who commute >60 min 0.101 0.041 0.072 0.040 0.130 0.053 0.098 0.073 0.074 0.047 0.097 0.073
Proportion of elderly with little/no English 0.085 0.106 0.172 0.088 0.242 0.137 0.256 0.210 0.172 0.199 0.192 0.164
Prop. area's beneficiaries in Medicare HMO 2001 0.081 0.131 0.021 0.036 0.116 0.048 0.056 0.110 0.037 0.057 0.151 0.137
Prop. area's beneficiaries in Medicare HMO 2004 0.082 0.127 0.026 0.028 0.094 0.036 0.083 0.112 0.085 0.052 0.138 0.110