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Table 3 Geographic variability of associations between explanatory variables and PTS between the five NYC boroughs

From: The geography of post-disaster mental health: spatial patterning of psychological vulnerability and resilience factors in New York City after Hurricane Sandy

 

Manhattan

Bronx

Brooklyn

Queens

Staten Island

Chow test

 

N = 125

N = 37

N = 96

N = 93

N = 67

N = 5

 

Est.

S.E.

Est.

S.E.

Est.

S.E.

Est.

S.E.

Est.

S.E.

Est.

Age

.05

.04

−.12

.12

.22**

.09

.05

.06

.03

.06

6.23

Female

1.09

1.46

4.25

4.37

−2.19

3.48

.15

1.85

3.77*

1.80

3.59

Asian

−2.12

1.27

12.19***

3.65

3.58

5.29

16.81

9.98

−2.68

2.35

18.16**

Non-Hispanic Black

−.11

2.15

−.56

3.58

7.65

5.57

8.69**

3.27

.36

7.20

6.43

Hispanic

4.64***

1.76

5.22

4.05

3.83

5.27

.22

2.37

3.27

2.46

2.51

Other race/ethnicity

−2.26

2.39

−3.54

4.72

−3.53

3.00

.11

3.55

8.67

7.82

2.59

High school education or less

4.96*

2.00

2.12

3.54

5.08

4.16

3.26

2.74

2.63

2.07

1.00

Employed

−2.67*

1.35

−5.66

4.32

−1.44

2.76

−.02

2.42

−.95

1.52

2.08

Married or cohabiting

−2.52 (.06)

1.33

−2.52

3.42

−2.51

2.43

−.99

2.29

−3.87*

1.72

1.04

Parent, living with child at time of Sandy

1.66

1.81

−8.08*

3.81

3.60

2.92

3.97

3.37

1.91

2.05

7.40

Experienced or witnessed trauma in addition to Sandy

3.66**

1.40

8.02***

2.32

−.27

2.76

4.58

2.83

.31

1.62

9.38 (.05)

Number of hurricane-related stressors

2.14*

.87

4.13

3.11

4.13*

1.73

4.37***

1.08

3.36**

1.03

2.64

Number of hurricane-related trauma

.66

2.62

1.94

5.30

1.06

5.40

2.72

3.96

5.62

4.05

1.12

Global spatial lag

           

Spatially lagged PTS across all boroughs

−0.47

.36

         

Model fit

           

Pseudo R2

.35

          

Spatial Pseudo R2

.34

          

Global structural stability test

           

Chow test

120.66***

          

Spatial dependence

           

Anselin-Kelejian test

1.28

          
  1. N = Number of cases, Est. = Coefficient estimate, S.E. = Standard error, Significance level: <0.001***, <0.01**, <0.05*. P-value reported in brackets when marginal significant. Spatial neighborhood definition: 9 km, N total = 418.