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Demographic characteristics of the Study Population |
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| Continuous variables |
U.S.-born N = 8705 |
Foreign-born N = 4306 |
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| Age |
Mean = 45.86, Median = 45.00, SD = 10.67 |
Mean = 47.00, Median = 47.00, SD = 10.32 |
| Proportion of residents of the neighborhood below the poverty line the neighborhood. |
Mean = 0.18, Median = 0.15, SD = 0.11 |
Mean = 0.22, Median = 0.20, SD = 0.11 |
| Proportion of residents in the neighborhood who are foreign-born |
Mean = 0.29, Median = 0.26, SD = 0.14 |
Mean = 0.41, Median = 0.41, SD = 0.16 |
| Proportion of households in the neighborhood that are linguistically isolated |
Mean = 0.12, Median = 0.9, SD = 0.09 |
Mean = 0.19, Median = 0.19, SD = 0.11 |
| Categorical variables |
N, (row %) |
N, (row %) |
| Gender |
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| Female |
5,452 (64.66) |
2,980 (35.34) |
| Male |
3,253 (71.04) |
1,326 (28.96) |
| Race and Ethnicity |
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| Asian |
96 (6.27) |
1,434 (93.73) |
| Black – African American |
1,737 (95.39) |
84 (4.61) |
| Black – Caribbean |
76 (11.91) |
562 (88.09) |
| Caucasian |
5,424 (88.28) |
720 (11.72) |
| Hispanic |
1,200 (45.87) |
1,416 (54.13) |
| Other |
172 (65.65) |
90 (34.35) |
| Education |
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| Less than High School |
96 (13.28) |
627 (86.72) |
| Some High School |
533 (57.37) |
396 (42.63) |
| High School Graduate |
1,989 (68.93) |
894 (31.07) |
| Vocational School |
121 (40.33) |
179 (59.67) |
| Some College |
2,108 (75.61) |
680 (24.39) |
| College Graduate |
2,075 (67.48) |
1,000 (32.52) |
| Graduate School |
1,789 (77.15) |
530 (22.85) |
Park et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2008 5:19 doi:10.1186/1479-5868-5-19 |
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