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Table 2 Area-level summary statistics

From: Social stressors and air pollution across New York City communities: a spatial approach for assessing correlations among multiple exposures

Administrative indicator

Mean

Min

Max

SD

Moran’s I†

Felony Larceny Crimes/10,000 persons

50.89

17.01

457.69

57.90

0.38**

Murder/10,000

0.43

0.00

1.85

0.37

0.46**

Felonious Assault/10,000

15.46

1.82

42.34

9.00

0.39**

Felony Robbery/10,000

19.59

3.08

48.68

9.11

0.34**

Felony Burglary/10,000

18.48

5.52

93.70

10.52

0.14*

% Perceived Lack of Neighborhood Safety

30.39

4.70

64.70

16.93

0.25*

% Parks not acceptably clean

20.46

0.00

51.00

11.52

0.34**

% Sidewalks not acceptably clean

3.07

0.20

10.80

2.16

0.52**

Serious housing violations/1,000 Units

53.87

1.40

195.80

51.11

0.57**

Air Quality complaints/10,000

12.50

3.87

56.76

11.89

0.70**

% Crowding

7.95

1.73

16.28

3.67

0.24*

% With no insurance coverage

15.42

2.94

29.62

5.69

0.31*

% Went without needed medical care

11.56

3.58

19.68

3.79

0.20

% Without personal care provider

16.45

8.12

32.36

5.96

0.08

Public Health Insurance enrollment

2801.64

417.10

5356.22

1274.07

0.41**

% Frequent noise disruption

19.86

11.38

35.33

5.81

0.08

% Traffic noise disruption

21.91

12.98

35.21

5.61

0.07

% Neighbor noise disruption

19.63

7.86

30.32

5.28

0.09

% Students in schools exceeding capacity

16.00

0.00

41.70

12.81

0.10

% School buildings in good to fair condition

33.16

1.00

57.00

12.00

0.14

% Average daily student absenteeism

9.94

6.67

14.75

1.86

0.41**

Cases of Child Abuse/Neglect

26.84

2.69

87.82

21.95

0.62**

% Living below 200% federal poverty line (FPL)

37.16

12.15

65.82

13.04

0.32*

% Delayed rent or mortgage payment

15.78

4.99

29.43

6.86

0.25*

Food Stamp program enrollment/10,000

1638.20

186.31

3888.49

1040.26

0.54**

% Less than high school education

13.47

2.80

35.70

8.10

0.10

% Unemployed <1 year

8.38

4.38

14.24

2.44

0.55**

% Non-White racial composition

63.32

20.34

97.98

23.31

0.28*

% African American (Non-Hispanic)

23.31

1.64

72.62

22.54

0.35*

% Hispanic ethnicity composition

26.25

6.33

64.67

16.80

0.53**

Mean pollution concentration, by UHF

Mean

Min

Max

SD

Moran's I

BC (abs)

1.12

0.80

1.72

0.22

0.57**

NO2 (ppb)

25.13

15.70

39.25

5.20

0.57**

PM2.5 (μg/m3)

11.08

9.31

14.74

1.29

0.56**

SO2 (ppb)

5.40

2.79

10.27

1.94

0.52**

O3 (ppb)

24.85

19.46

28.85

2.19

0.43**

  1. *p <0.01.
  2. **p <0.0001.
  3. †Moran’s I values near zero indicate random dispersion; positive values indicate spatial autocorrelation.