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Table 1 Sociodemographic Characteristics of Residents in Study Census Tracts and Philadelphia Residents as a Whole.

From: Estimating prevalence of overweight and obesity at the neighborhood level: the value of maternal height and weight data available on birth certificate records

 

Study Census Tracts

Philadelphia (All Tracts)

Median Income/yr

$ 30,746

30,604

Poverty: % of Families

22.5

23.2

Median Age: years

34.2

34.6

Education:

  

   % < High School

28.7

28.5

Ethnicity/race

  

   % White*

47.4

47.5

   % Black*

43.1

43.2

   % Asian

4.2

4.5

   % Hispanic (any race)

11.2

11.5

  1. * Includes Hispanics who identify themselves as "White" or "Black"