From: Educational achievement and youth homicide mortality: a City-wide, neighborhood-based analysis
Variable | Mean (SD) | Range | Highest Tertile (n = 18) Mean | Lowest Tertile (n = 18) Mean | T | df | p-Value |
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Gender Composition (% Male) | 46.9 (2.6) | (41.3–54.1) | 45.31 | 48.23 | − 3.479 | 26.192 | 0.002 |
Racial Composition (% Black) | 61.8 (32.8) | (2.5–98.6) | 88.23 | 25.09 | 11.198 | 23.848 | < 0.001 |
Racial Composition (% White) | 31.4 (29.3) | (0.5–90.1) | 8.02 | 63.05 | −9.864 | 21.61 | < 0.001 |
Racial Composition (% Asian) | 2.5 (3.0) | (0.0–13.9) | 0.89 | 5.34 | −4.913 | 20.077 | < 0.001 |
Ethnic Composition (% Hispanic) | 4.9 (5.8) | (0.0–31.9) | 1.92 | 8.36 | −3.342 | 18.403 | < 0.001 |
Familial Poverty Rate | 27.9 (15.9) | (2.6–63.3) | 35.22 | 15.86 | 4.697 | 33.512 | < 0.001 |
% Unemployment | 13.9 (6.5) | (2.3–26.4) | 17.45 | 7.76 | 5.913 | 33.999 | < 0.001 |
% of Children in Single-Parent Homes | 62.6 (22.6) | (11.2–94.3) | 77.16 | 39.9 | 6.773 | 26.975 | < 0.001 |
% of Children with High Educational Achievement in Grade 3 | 59.2 (14.8) | (34.5–97.1) | 51.4 | 70.36 | −4.713 | 24.876 | < 0.001 |
% of Children with High Educational Achievement in Grade 8 | 58.7 (13.0) | (40.7–94.3) | 51.7 | 70.73 | −5.353 | 26.874 | < 0.001 |
% of Adults with a High School Degree or Less | 47.4 (17.7) | (6.9–72.0) | 57.33 | 30.95 | 5.533 | 29.001 | < 0.001 |
Elementary School Absenteeism | 13.7 (5.3) | (0.4–24.8) | 16.26 | 9.51 | 4.385 | 32.623 | < 0.001 |
Middle School Absenteeism | 15.4 (5.6) | (3.7–29.9) | 17.31 | 13.49 | 2.281 | 32.974 | 0.03 |
Youth Homicide Rate | 28.2 (21.9) | (0–107) | 53.03 | 6.47 | 11.146 | 20.637 | < 0.001 |