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Table 1 Sociodemographic descriptions of each Community and Child Health Network (CCHN) study area. Means, counts or proportions (standard deviation), population, and top two quartiles (50%) of the population in the Census Tract (CT) by area, and deprivation index (DI) quartiles 1 and 2, year 2006 USA, census data

From: Neighbourhood-level deprivation indices and postpartum women’s health: results from the Community Child Health Network (CCHN) multi-site study

 

Baltimore

Lake County, Illinois

DC

LA

NC

Number of CTs

260

142

249

381

91

Number of CTs, top 2 quartiles of factor 1

98

52

96

288

21

Number of CTs, top 2 quartiles of factor 2

169

20

186

142

45

Sociodemographic Characteristics – Mean (SD)

 Tract Population (complete sample in the CT)

3532 (1502)

4778 (1543)

3813 (1387)

4192 (1273)

4823 (1706)

 Tract population, top 2 quartiles of factor 1

3058 (1319)

4641 (1497)

3975 (1388)

4245 (1270)

4550 (1681)

 Tract population, top 2 quartiles of factor 2

3430 (1485)

3942 (1729)

3581 (1267)

4423 (1373)

4782 (1666)

% poor families (under 1.30 of the poverty line) w/ children < 18 years

15.6 (13.6)

9.3 (10.1)

13.5 (12.7)

20.5 (15.7)

17.1 (11.5)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 1

24.3 (14.4)

17.9 (10.6)

17.9 (13.1)

25.3 (14.6)

25.7 (15.5)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 2

20.4 (13.9)

24.5 (12.1)

16.1 (13.3)

29.2 (13.5)

23.5 (12.1)

% housing occupancy > 1.0 (combining owner and renter)

2.1 (2.4)

3.1 (3.7)

3.7 (3.8)

15.7 (13.3)

2.0 (2.1)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 1

3.34 (2.9)

6.6 (3.8)

6.34 (4.5)

19.9 (12.2)

3.5 (2.9)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 2

2.5 (2.6)

6.7 (3.9)

3.9 (3.9)

19.5 (11.6)

2.2 (2.3)

% housing units (combining owner and renter) lacking complete plumbing

0.6 (1.2)

0.5 (0.9)

0.4 (1.3)

0.7 (1.5)

0.7 (1.3)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 1

0.49 (1.1)

0.71 (1.3)

0.23 (0.6)

0.87 (1.7)

1.2 (1.6)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 2

0.61 (1.3)

0.80 (1.4)

0.41 (1.32)

0.72 (1.2)

0.9 (1.5)

% households with housing costs > 30% of income

35.2 (10.5)

38.5 (9.7)

39.7 (12.6)

52.6 (16.7)

30.6 (9.7)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 1

38.8 (11.6)

45.9 (10.1)

44.1 (14.7)

56.1 (16.6)

37.8 (11.9)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 2

37.2 (9.9)

48.2 (9.9)

41.3 (12.9)

56.9 (15.5)

34.5 (10.3)

% foreign born in the CT

8.1 (7.6)

17.8 (11.9)

16.6 (15.4)

35.2 (14.3)

4.5 (4.9)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 1

8.3 (9.6)

28.7 (11.3)

25.8 (18.2)

39.7 (11.9)

5.9 (6.5)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 2

6.0 (6.3)

23.7 (14.10)

13.1 (13.9)

34.3 (12.9)

4.1 (5.8)

Sociodemographic Characteristics

Baltimore Mean (SD)

Lake County, Illinois Mean (SD)

DC Mean (SD)

LA Mean (SD)

NC Mean (SD)

% children of single-parent female householder (own children < 18 years)

21.3 (13.8)

10.3 (8.2)

22.1 (14.1)

16.1 (9.7)

15.8 (9.4)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 1

28.1 (13.3)

14.68 (8.8)

23.84 (14.3)

18.45 (9.3)

19.95 (13.7)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 2

27.7 (12.5)

23.3 (11.2)

26.3 (13.5)

24.4 (7.1)

20.3 (10.5)

% females > 25 < HS education in the CT

19.3 (11.5)

14.0 (13.1)

16.1 (10.7)

28.8 (21.0)

17.4 (8.9)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 1

29.7 (10.1)

27.7 (12.3)

24.76 (10.2)

36.05 (18.5)

25.65 (6.3)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 2

22.3 (11.3)

29.9 (13.3)

17.06 (10.4)

36.39 (16.1)

21.43 (7.5)

% males > =25 < HS education in the CT

22.0 (13.2)

14.4 (14.1)

17.7 (11.9)

29.1 (21.4)

21.2 (11.2)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 1

33.4 (11.5)

28.8 (13.8)

27.3 (11.5)

36.7 (18.6)

33.6 (8. 9)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 2

25.9 (13.0)

32.0 (15.2)

18.7 (11.2)

39.2 (17.3)

26.3 (10.6)

% female 22–44 unemployed in the CT

7.2 (6.6)

5.7 (5.1)

8.8 (7.4)

6.6 (5.0)

9.2 (7.3)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 1

8.8 (7.4)

8.3 (5.76)

9.4 (7.7)

7.1 (5.2)

13.2 (10.4)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 2

9.2 (7.0)

13.4 (6.23)

10.6 (7.6)

8.9 (5.8)

12.9 (8.1)

% male 22–44 unemployed in the CT

9.3 (9.6)

6.4 (5.0)

9.2 (7.9)

7.2 (5.0)

7.9 (6.4)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 1

12.1 (11.2)

7.0 (5.2)

9.3 (6.7)

7.6 (5.2)

10.3 (6.9)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 2

12.3 (10.3)

9.6 (5.8)

10.9 (8.2)

9.9 (5.3)

10.73 (7.1)

% renter-occupied units with gross rent > 30% of income in the CT

57.0 (14.2)

53.3 (17.6)

53.7 (13.2)

60.1 (12.7)

61.0 (13.5)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 1

61.3 (12.4)

54.8 (13.2)

54.8 (11.4)

62.8 (10.7)

65.2 (14.5)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 2

61.2 (11.8)

59.4 (13.7)

54.8 (12.4)

65.9 (9.8)

63.5 (13.7)

% black or African American in the CT

57.8 (35.3)

10.2 (17.7)

65.9 (29.6)

18.6 (21.4)

41.5 (21.9)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 1

66.7 (32.8)

54.8 (13.2)

54.8 (11.4)

62.8 (10.7)

65.2 (14.5)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 2

78.7 (21.9)

40.2 (29.1)

78.9 (19.1)

36.0 (22.9)

56.4 (20.0)

% Hispanic in the CT

3.9 (6.3)

20.8 (21.5)

12.0 (14.6)

45.6 (29.9)

5.3 (6.3)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 1

5.9 (9.1)

43.07 (20.4)

22.52 (18.3)

56.4 (25.6)

9.19 (9.7)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 2

2.9 (5.5)

38.43 (22.9)

9.72 (13.4)

54.2 (23.7)

5.09 (6.7)

% males 18–44 in the CT

48.7 (14.9)

49.3 (9.5)

48.1 (14.6)

49.8 (12.1)

49.6 (12.0)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 1

50.3 (16.1)

50.7 (11.6)

50.3 (13.1)

49.7 (11.8)

49.2 (15.3)

Top 2 quartiles of factor 2

47.8 (15.0)

48.2 (17.6)

46.9 (14.7)

46.9 (11.9)

47.8 (11.8)

  1. The CCHN is a collaborative partnership of five university departments and community partners. The following study sites were included in our sample: Washington, D.C.; Baltimore, Maryland; Los Angeles County, California; Lake County, Illinois; and seven counties in eastern North Carolina