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Table 3 Moran’s I test of marginalization indicators

From: Do marginalized neighbourhoods have less healthy retail food environments? An analysis using Bayesian spatial latent factor and hurdle models

ID

Indicator

Moran’s I

Residential instability

 1

% of living alone (R1)

0.537***

 2

% of youth population aged 5–15 (R2)

0.467***

 3

Crowding: average number of persons per dwelling (R3)

0.588***

 4

% of multi-unit housing (R4)

0.371***

 5

% of the population that is married/common-law (R5)

0.497***

 6

% of dwellings that are owned (R6)

0.396***

 7

% of residential mobility (same house as 5 years ago) (R7)

0.221***

Material deprivation

 8

% 25+ without certificate, diploma, or degree (M1)

0.488***

 9

% of lone-parent families (M2)

0.11***

 10

% of government transfer payment (M3)

0.384***

 11

% of unemployment 15+ (M4)

0.066**

 12

% of below low income cut-off (M5)

0.157***

 13

% of homes needing major repair (M6)

0.362***

Dependency

 14

% of seniors (65+) (D1)

0.278***

 15

Dependency ratio [(0–14) + (65+)]/(15–64) (D2)

0.038*

 16

Labor force participation rate (aged 15+) (D3)

0.233***

Ethnic concentration

 17

% of 5-year recent immigrants (E1)

0.099***

 18

% of visible minority (E2)

0.325***

  1. p value: **** <0.001; ** <0.01; * <0.05
  2. The smaller the p value, the less likely that the correlation occurs by chance