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Table 2 Zero-order, Pearson correlation matrix of demographic, socioeconomic, and educational characteristics of Baltimore City neighborhoods as well as rates of youth homicide

From: Educational achievement and youth homicide mortality: a City-wide, neighborhood-based analysis

 

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1. Race

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2. Familial Poverty Rate

0.6042Æ—

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

3. Unemployment Rate

0.7332Æ—

0.7553Æ—

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

4. Single-Parent Rate

0.8309Æ—

0.7928Æ—

0.7884Æ—

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

5. % of Children with High Educational Achievement, Grade 3

−0.5801Ɨ

−0.724Ɨ

−0.6429Ɨ

−0.7228Ɨ

–

–

–

–

–

–

6. % of Children with High Educational Achievement, Grade 8

−0.7226Ɨ

− 0.7484Ɨ

− 0.7058Ɨ

−0.8686Ɨ

0.7747Æ—

–

–

–

–

–

7. Adult Educational Achievement

0.6669Æ—

0.7345Æ—

0.8422Æ—

0.7671Æ—

−0.7142Ɨ

−0.7445Ɨ

–

–

–

–

8. School Absenteeism (Elementary)

0.4874***

0.6341Æ—

0.5977Æ—

0.6408Æ—

−0.5991Ɨ

−0.6887Ɨ

0.7008Æ—

–

–

–

9. School Absenteeism (Middle School)

0.1171

0.3248*

0.3255*

0.3468**

−0.3631**

−0.4007**

0.3052*

0.6448Æ—

–

–

10. Youth Homicide Rate

0.7114Æ—

0.5000***

0.6080Æ—

0.6704Æ—

−0.5953Ɨ

−0.5855Ɨ

0.5993Æ—

0.4936***

0.2799*

–

  1. Ɨp < 0.00001, ****p < 0.0001, ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05