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Table 2 CDA-level variable description

From: Pathways of neighbourhood-level socio-economic determinants of adverse birth outcomes

Variable Name

Description

Dwelling_val

Average value of dwellings

Unemploy

Percentage of unemployment

Low_income

Percentage of low income population

Person_perroom

Average persons per room

Person_perbedroom

Average persons per bedroom

Rent_rate

Average rental rate

House_repair

Percentage of houses needing major repair

Low_edu

Percentage of low educated population

Low_ses

Percentage of low socio-economic status (composition of Low_income, unemploy, and low_edu)

Food_insecurity *

Percentage of food insecurity

Insufficent_veg *

Percentage of insufficient vegetable intake

Sense_belong_commu*

Average level of sense of belonging to community (1: strong – 4: weak)

Heavy_drinking *

Percentage of heavy drinkers (0 – 100%)

Emotion_unhappy *

Percentage of emotional unhappiness

  1. * Variables were aggregated to CDAs from interpolated individual CCHS samples.