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Table 2 Characteristics of the participant’s neighbourhood ethnic composition per ethnic group and spatial scale

From: The relationship between ethnic composition of the residential environment and self-reported health among Turks and Moroccans in Amsterdam

Ethnic group

Moroccan

Turkish

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Own ethnic density (%)

 Buffer50

26.6

16.5

17.2

10.5

 100

23.5

14.9

15.0

8.6

 150

22.2

14.1

14.3

7.9

 300

19.7

11.7

12.9

6.8

 500

18.3

10.3

12.2

6.3

 750

17.2

9.0

11.7

6.0

 1000

16.3

8.3

11.3

5.9

Other ethnic density (%) (Turks resp. Moroccans)

 50

12.6

9.9

22.9

15.3

 100

12.3

8.6

22.6

13.4

 150

12.0

8.1

22.2

12.6

 300

11.1

7.1

20.7

10.5

 500

10.5

6.5

19.7

9.0

 750

10.0

6.1

18.7

8.0

 1000

9.6

5.9

18.0

7.5

Ethnic heterogeneity (range 0–1)

 50

0.711

0.085

0.722

0.083

 100

0.721

0.079

0.735

0.072

 150

0.723

0.079

0.738

0.070

 300

0.728

0.078

0.744

0.066

 500

0.729

0.077

0.747

0.064

 750

0.728

0.075

0.745

0.063

 1000

0.725

0.073

0.742

0.062