Research Article
Vacant Properties and Violence in Neighborhoods
Table 2
Multivariable analyses of the relationships between vacant properties and assaults in Philadelphia County from 2002–2006.
| | All assaults | Gun assaults | Nongun assaults |
| Vacant properties | 0.1678§ | 0.2055§ | 0.1359§ | | | | Total population | 0.0004§ | 0.0001§ | 0.0005139§ | | | | Median age | −0.0080† | −0.0075 | −0.0077† | | | | Male : female ratio | 0.1162‡ | 0.0046 | 0.1573§ | | | | No. of black residents | 0.0001 | 0.0004§ | 0.0000204 | | | | No. of Hispanic residents | 0.0005§ | 0.0005§ | 0.0005§ | | | | Median household income | § | −0.0000103§ | § | | | | No. of unemployed | 0.0010† | 0.0009† | 0.0011† | | | | No. of with bachelors degree | −0.0010‡ | −0.0006 | −0.0011‡ | | | | No. of single-parent households | 0.0027§ | 0.0048§ | 0.0017† | | | | No. of residential properties
| −0.0008§ | −0.0008§ | −0.0007§ | | | , |
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*Shown in brackets are 95% confidence intervals; †P < 0.05; ‡P < 0.01; §P < 0.001.
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