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Table 4 Geographic variability of associations between explanatory variables and depression 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

-.02

.02

-.09

.06

.04

.03

-.01

.03

.01

.03

6.08

Female

-.31

.81

1.07

1.86

.50

1.21

−1.07

1.08

2.09*

1.02

5.36

Asian

-.42

1.32

.28

1.43

-.96

.94

7.10**

2.48

−1.25

.97

10.48*

Non-Hispanic Black

-.24

1.03

−2.11

2.20

2.01

1.62

1.82

1.36

−1.62

1.79

4.67

Hispanic

1.55

.92

−1.71

2.57

1.29

1.70

.74

1.69

.37

1.65

1.68

Other race/ethnicity

-.39

1.54

3.28

2.44

1.80

2.33

-.07

2.61

3.39

2.00

3.28

High school education or less

1.08

1.10

4.74*

2.30

-.01

1.33

1.46

1.37

2.01

1.19

3.59

Employed

−1.67

.95

.45

2.28

−1.68

1.01

-.26

1.12

.36

.89

3.79

Married or cohabiting

-.40

.81

1.20

1.95

−1.07

.87

-.51

1.08

−2.74***

.80

6.56

Parent, living with child at time of Sandy

-.60

.96

−5.61**

2.18

2.52*

1.18

1.56

1.31

-.10

.88

12.91*

Experienced or witnessed trauma in addition to Sandy

2.07**

.79

2.14

1.85

.92

.95

2.11 (.07)

1.17

-.07

.80

4.62

Number of hurricane-related stressors

.75

.79

.81

1.45

.76

.59

1.34**

.41

0.95 (.07)

.52

1.03

Number of hurricane-related trauma

−1.38

.88

6.34*

2.95

.65

1.56

.04

1.27

8.63**

2.71

17.37**

Global spatial lag

Spatially lagged depression across all boroughs

-.39

.7

         

Model fit

           

Pseudo R2

.25

          

Spatial pseudo R2

.24

          

Global structural stability test

           

Chow test

103.82***

          

Spatial dependence

Anselin-Kelejian test

.64

          
  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.