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Table 2 Summary statistics of the socioeconomic factors investigated for potential associations with campylobacteriosis risk

From: Socioeconomic determinants of geographic disparities in campylobacteriosis risk: a comparison of global and local modeling approaches

Category

Variable (% of census tract population)

Mean

Std Dev

Median

Min

Max

Race & Nationality

Black or African American

19.2

28.4

5.6

0

99.7

 

White

77.2

29.0

91.1

0

100.0

 

American Indian or Alaskan household

0.3

0.4

0.2

0

11.1

 

Asian

1.0

1.7

0.4

0

25.6

 

Hispanic/Latino

2.1

2.9

1.2

0

34.2

 

Native American/Alaskan

0.2

0.2

0.2

0

1.1

Employment

Unemployed

3.8

2.9

3.2

0

36.3

 

Service occupation

14.9

6.7

13.6

0

82.6

 

Agriculture: forestry, fish/hunt/mine

1.6

2.3

0.7

0

20.4

 

Farming Industry

0.6

1.1

0.3

0

14.5

 

Disability (age 21–64)

23.1

8.6

22.9

0

60.4

 

Armed forces

0.3

2.7

0.0

0

70.1

Education

No high school diploma

15.7

7.7

15.8

0

50.2

 

Bachelor degree

11.9

9.3

8.7

0

52.1

 

Graduate or Professional Degree

6.4

6.2

4.3

0

39.6

Marital status

Never married

24.4

11.1

19.9

0

88.9

 

Separated

2.3

2.2

1.7

0

21.7

 

Divorced

11.6

3.9

11.3

0

51.1

 

Widow

7.4

3.3

7.0

0

28.5

Poverty, Public assistance & Urbanicity

Poverty level

12.5

11.3

9.7

0

100.0

 

Receive public assistance

4.0

4.4

2.8

0

57.1

 

Urban

62.7

42.8

89.1

0

100.0

 

Rural

37.1

42.7

10.0

0

100.0

  1. Data source: U.S. Census 2000.