Research Article
A Survey of Residents’ Perceptions of the Effect of Large-Scale
Economic Developments on Perceived Safety, Violence, and Economic Benefits
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of study population from survey responses.
| | | Hill-intervention
() | North Side
() | Spring Garden
() | Homewood
() | North Oakland
() | Squirrel Hill
() |
| | Gender | | | | | | | | Male | 46 (20.4%) | 94 (35.1%) | 50 (28.9%) | 50 (27.9%) | 70 (32.1%) | 69 (33.0%) | | Female | 180 (79.6%) | 174 (64.9%) | 123 (71.1%) | 129 (72.1%) | 148 (67.9%) | 140 (67.0%) | | Age (SD) | 60.3 (16.9) | 60.8 (15.5) | 60.2 (16.0) | 62.2 (17.0) | 69.7 (16.8) | 62.0 (15.7) | | Race | | | | | | | | White | 16 (7.2%) | 159 (60.0%) | 128 (75.3%) | 10 (5.8%) | 173 (80.8%) | 195 (93.3%) | | Black | 204 (91.5%) | 95 (35.9%) | 40 (23.5%) | 157 (90.8%) | 35 (16.4%) | 4 (1.9%) | | Others | 3 (1.4%) | 11 (4.2%) | 2 (1.2%) | 6 (3.5%) | 6 (2.8%) | 10 (4.8%) | | Education | | | | | | | | <HS degree | 14 (6.3%) | 21 (7.9%) | 9 (5.2%) | 10 (5.6%) | 10 (4.6%) | 1 (0.5%) | | HS degree | 81 (36.3%) | 86 (32.2%) | 82 (47.4%) | 74 (41.6%) | 24 (11.0%) | 7 (3.4%) | | >HS degree | 128 (57.4%) | 160 (59.9%) | 82 (47.4%) | 94 (52.8%) | 184 (84.4%) | 201 (96.2%) | | Employment | | | | | | | | Employed | 60 (26.9%) | 99 (36.9%) | 67 (38.7%) | 52 (29.2%) | 49 (22.7%) | 86 (41.8%) | | Not employed | 163 (73.1%) | 169 (63.1%) | 106 (61.3%) | 126 (70.8%) | 167 (77.3%) | 120 (58.3%) | | Marital status | | | | | | | | Married | 122 (54.5%) | 117 (43.8%) | 51 (29.8%) | 84 (47.5%) | 70 (32.1%) | 31 (14.9%) | | Unmarried | 102 (45.5%) | 150 (56.2%) | 120 (70.2%) | 93 (52.5%) | 148 (67.9%) | 177 (85.1%) |
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All data presented as number with percentage of total in parentheses. SD = standard deviation for continuous measure of age. HS degree or equivalent.
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