Table 3

Descriptive statistics for selected socioeconomic variables used in the study. Except for unemployment rates that expressed as a percentage the rest of variables are proportion of their corresponding universe

Socioeconomic variable
Number of HSAs
Minimum
Maximum
Mean
Std. Deviation

White male householder with no wife present and with no own children under the age of 18 years.
804
0
0.03
0.00969
0.001735
Black female householder with no husband present and with presence of own children under the age of 18 years in the same household
804
0
0.13
0.01279
0.020477
Black female householder with no husband present and with no own children under the age of 18 years
804
0
0.08
0.00757
0.012746
Women who are never married
804
0.08
0.77
0.1991
0.060248
Women who are married and now living with their spouse
804
0.31
0.86
0.5731
0.064284
Women who are widowed
804
0.05
0.37
0.13571
0.03033
Women who are divorced
804
0.008
0.3
0.08327
0.025265
Population born in the south but now living elsewhere
804
0.004
0.38
0.08357
0.062408
Population working in the same county as residence
804
0.24
0.7
0.44745
0.077879
Households with complete plumbing facilities
804
0.64
0.99
0.97546
0.021435
Households with no plumbing facilities
804
0.001
0.35
0.01678
0.020128
Black female unemployment rate
804
0
100
11.93057
11.867286
Population employed in services industry
804
0
0.88
0.27529
0.078398
Population employed in agricultural – services industry
804
0
0.23
0.01511
0.01745
White with less education attainment
804
0.23
0.85
0.59597
0.097935
White with high educational attainment
804
0.14
0.76
0.39404
0.097948

Vinnakota and Lam International Journal of Health Geographics 2006 5:9   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-5-9