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^§
	[0.1135,0.2222]	[0.1297,0.2813]	[0.0787,0.1931]
Total population	0.0004^§	0.0001^§	0.0005139^§
	[0.0002,0.0006]	[−0.0001,0.0002]	[0.0003,0.0007]
Median age	−0.0080^†	−0.0075	−0.0077^†
	[−0.0151,−0.0008]	[−0.0159,0.0010]	[−0.0143,−0.0010]
Male : female ratio	0.1162^‡	0.0046	0.1573^§
	[0.0337,0.1988]	[−0.0362,0.0455]	[0.0688,0.2457]
No. of black residents	0.0001	0.0004^§	0.0000204
	[−8.63𝑒−06,0.0003]	[0.0002,0.0005]	[−0.0002,0.0002]
No. of Hispanic residents	0.0005^§	0.0005^§	0.0005^§
	[0.0003,0.0007]	[0.0003,0.0008]	[0.0003,0.0007]
Median household income	−9.17𝑒−06^§	−0.0000103^§	−9.02𝑒−06^§
	[−0.00014,−4.36𝑒−06]	[−0.000153,−5.36𝑒−06]	[−0.00014,−4.07𝑒−06]
No. of unemployed	0.0010^†	0.0009^†	0.0011^†
	[0.0001,0.0019]	[0.0000415,0.0017]	[0.0001,0.0022]
No. of with bachelors degree	−0.0010^‡	−0.0006	−0.0011^‡
	[−0.0016,−0.0004]	[−0.0011,0.0000327]	[−0.0018,−0.0004]
No. of single-parent households	0.0027^§	0.0048^§	0.0017^†
	[0.0014,0.0040]	[0.0037,0.0059]	[0.0001,0.0034]
No. of residential properties	−0.0008^§	−0.0008^§	−0.0007^§
	[−0.0012,−0.0004]	[−0.0012,−0.0004]	[−0.0011, −0.0003]

*Shown in brackets are 95% confidence intervals; ^†P < 0.05; ^‡P < 0.01; ^§P < 0.001.