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Table 3 DA results for tracts in identifiable clusters compared to the tracts outside of the cluster tracts. The seven variables are significant at the .001 level using the Wilks' Lambda test to enter the variable in the model. The Eigenvalue is .186 and the Canonical Correlation is .396 for this model.

From: Environmental and social determinants of human risk during a West Nile virus outbreak in the greater Chicago area, 2002

Variable

Standardized Discriminant Function Coefficient

Mean for tracts

  

Outside clusters

Within clusters

In Chicago Lake Plain

.884

.74

.93

Race as % white

.499

52%

82%

Median Age

.318

33.4 yrs

40.0 yrs

Housing from 1950–1959

.293

17%

29%

Vegetation

.238

20.9%

27.0%

Median Household Income

.232

$46,931

$66,522

Housing unit per Km2

-.232

2.07 units/km2

1.17 units/km2

Bird distance

-.192

2029 m

895 m