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Table A.1
Descriptive statistics for the variables in the study
| Mean | Standard deviation | Minimum number | Maximum number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual-level variables | ||||
| Somewhat/very unsafe in neighbourhood | 0.18 | 0.38 | 0 | 1 |
| Female | 0.51 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 |
| Age | ||||
| 15 to 24 years | 0.17 | 0.38 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 to 44 years1 | 0.38 | 0.49 | 0 | 1 |
| 45 to 64 years | 0.30 | 0.46 | 0 | 1 |
| 65 years and older | 0.14 | 0.34 | 0 | 1 |
| Total household income quartiles | ||||
| Lowest income quartile | 0.21 | 0.41 | 0 | 1 |
| Second income quartile | 0.17 | 0.37 | 0 | 1 |
| Third income quartile | 0.23 | 0.42 | 0 | 1 |
| Fourth income quartile1 | 0.16 | 0.37 | 0 | 1 |
| Missing2 | 0.23 | 0.42 | 0 | 1 |
| Education | ||||
| Less than secondary | 0.18 | 0.38 | 0 | 1 |
| Secondary | 0.15 | 0.36 | 0 | 1 |
| Some post-secondary | 0.18 | 0.38 | 0 | 1 |
| Post-secondary degree or diploma1 | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 |
| Visible minority status | 0.16 | 0.37 | 0 | 1 |
| Victimized in past year | 0.30 | 0.46 | 0 | 1 |
| Physical disorder a problem in the neighbourhood | 0.15 | 0.35 | 0 | 1 |
| Social disorder a problem in the neighbourhood | 0.22 | 0.42 | 0 | 1 |
| Crime is higher than other neighbourhoods | 0.11 | 0.31 | 0 | 1 |
| Neighbourhood-level variables3 | ||||
| Percentage of residents at same address 5 years earlier | 56.10 | 12.79 | 0 | 84 |
| Percentage of dwellings built in the past 10 years | 14.37 | 18.65 | 0 | 100 |
| Percentage of low income families | 17.81 | 11.78 | 0 | 79 |
| Percentage of population aged 65 and older | 12.33 | 6.47 | 0 | 62 |
| Percentage of visible minority population | 16.45 | 18.98 | 0 | 97 |
| Percentage of lone parent families | 19.59 | 8.79 | 0 | 59 |
| 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero | ||||
| 1. Reference categories. | ||||
| 2. Missing 'total household income' information is included as a separate category in order to retain non-responding individuals for analyses. | ||||
| 3. For analyses neighbourhood-level variables split at the median representing high and low proportions of the characteristics. (For definitions see 'Description of variables' in the Methodology section). | ||||
| Note: Results based on a sample of 12,396 respondents nested within 3,952 neighbourhoods. | ||||
| Sources: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2004 and Census, 2001. | ||||
