An ecometric analysis of neighbourhood cohesion

Fone, David L; Farewell, Daniel M; Dunstan, Frank D

doi:10.1186/1478-7954-4-17

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Table 6 Estimated parameters in multilevel models with covariates

From: An ecometric analysis of neighbourhood cohesion

Parameter	Description	Neighbourhood Belonging	Social Cohesion
$\hat{θ}$ ₁	baseline parameter 1	-4.926 (-5.173, -4.680)	-3.686 (-3.838, -3.533)
$\hat{θ}$ ₂	baseline parameter 2	-3.742 (-3.986, -3.497)	-2.552 (-2.703, -2.401)
$\hat{θ}$ ₃	baseline parameter 3	-1.369 (-1.612, -1.127)	-1.398 (-1.549, -1.248)
$\hat{θ}$ ₄	baseline parameter 4	1.526 (1.283, 1.769)	1.371 (1.221, 1.521)
$\hat{γ}$ ₁	attracted to n'hood	-0.215 (-0.247, -0.183)
$\hat{γ}$ ₂	belong to n'hood	-0.123 (-0.155, -0.091)
$\hat{γ}$ ₃	visit friends		0.126 (0.096, 0.156)
$\hat{γ}$ ₄	friendships mean a lot		-0.228 (-0.257, -0.198)
$\hat{γ}$ ₅	would like to move	0.429 (0.396, 0.461)
$\hat{γ}$ ₆	could go for advice		0.437 (0.408, 0.466)
$\hat{γ}$ ₇	n'bours help in emergency		-1.381 (-1.414, -1.347)
$\hat{γ}$ ₈	exchange favours with n'bours		0.775 (0.745, 0.804)
$\hat{γ}$ ₉	work together to improve		-0.273 (-0.303, -0.243)
$\hat{γ}$ ₁₀	plan to remain resident	-0.547 (-0.580, -0.513)
$\hat{γ}$ ₁₁	similar to people in n'hood	-0.231 (-0.263, -0.198)
$\hat{γ}$ ₁₂	rarely have n'bour visit		1.168 (1.139, 1.198)
$\hat{γ}$ ₁₃	regularly talk with people		-0.625 (-0.656, -0.594)
$\hat{γ}$ ₁₄	sense of community	0.416 (0.384, 0.447)
$\hat{γ}$ ₁₅	good place for children	0.271 (0.239, 0.303)
$\hat{β}$	centred age	0.028 (0.024, 0.032)	0.005 (0.003, 0.008)
	male	-0.211 (-0.307, -0.115)	-0.131 (-0.193, -0.069)
	social class: IIINM	0.031 (-0.109, 0.171)	-0.023 (-0.113, 0.066)
	social class: IIIM	0.360 (0.218, 0.501)	0.090 (-0.001, 0.181)
	social class: IV&V	0.282 (0.145, 0.419)	0.079 (-0.009, 0.167)
	social class: other	0.463 (0.236, 0.690)	0.052 (-0.094, 0.198)
	social class: missing	0.280 (0.079, 0.482)	0.040 (-0.090, 0.170)
	council tax: A&B	-0.367 (-0.489, -0.245)	-0.041 (-0.112, 0.030)
	council tax: missing	-0.302 (-0.469, -0.135)	-0.083 (-0.187, 0.020)
	employment status: seeking	-0.339 (-0.634, -0.044)	-0.101 (-0.292, 0.090)
	employment status: student	-0.737 (-1.099, -0.375)	-0.037 (-0.271, 0.197)
	employment status: home/carer	-0.076 (-0.267, 0.115)	-0.001 (-0.124, 0.122)
	employment status: disability	-0.041 (-0.208, 0.125)	-0.235 (-0.342, -0.128)
	employment status: retired	0.086 (-0.072, 0.245)	0.056 (-0.046, 0.158)
	employment status: missing	0.285 (0.053, 0.517)	0.109 (-0.041, 0.259)
	gross income: >£95, <£215/week	-0.081 (-0.234, 0.072)	-0.040 (-0.139, 0.059)
	gross income: >£215/week	-0.098 (-0.272, 0.076)	-0.007 (-0.119, 0.106)
	tenancy: owner	0.280 (0.153, 0.407)	0.156 (0.076, 0.237)
	tenancy: missing	0.184 (-0.209, 0.577)	0.014 (-0.238, 0.266)
${\hat{σ}}_{U}^{2}$	ED-level variance	0.307 (0.276, 0.339)	0.019 (0.018, 0.019)
${\hat{σ}}_{V}^{2}$	individual-level variance	4.503 (4.396, 4.604)	1.822 (1.778, 1.868)

Reference categories are females, social classes I & II, council tax bands C-H, employed persons, with gross household income less than £95 per week, and non-houseowners. Abbreviations are as in Table 5.

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