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Table 3 Measures of agreement between individual-level SES characteristics and census tract- and county-level SES characteristics, Mortality Disparities in American Communities study

From: Comparisons of individual- and area-level socioeconomic status as proxies for individual-level measures: evidence from the Mortality Disparities in American Communities study

 

Census tract-level characteristic

County-level characteristic

Less than/equal to median

Above median

Spec.

Sens.

Less than/equal to median

Above median

Spec.

Sens.

Individual-level characteristic

        

 Household income

        

  Less than/equal to US median

32%

21%

60%

63%

31%

22%

58%

57%

  Above US median

17%

30%

  

20%

27%

  

≤ 100% FPL

        

  No

48%

42%

53%

67%

50%

40%

55%

56%

  Yes

3%

7%

  

4%

6%

  

Has high school degree

        

  No

10%

4%

69%

53%

9%

6%

60%

54%

  Yes

40%

46%

  

40%

46%

  

Has college degree

        

  No

44%

30%

59%

66%

42%

32%

57%

61%

  Yes

9%

17%

  

10%

16%

  

Is unemployeda

        

  No

50%

47%

52%

61%

51%

46%

53%

55%

  Yes

1%

2%

  

2%

2%

  

Employed in blue-collar industryb

        

  No

32%

31%

51%

56%

30%

33%

48%

55%

  Yes

16%

21%

  

17%

20%

  

Owns home

        

  No

17%

10%

64%

61%

15%

12%

56%

57%

  Yes

28%

45%

  

31%

42%

  

Foreign born

        

  No

52%

36%

59%

80%

51%

36%

59%

78%

  Yes

3%

10%

  

3%

10%

  
  1. For household income, education, and owns home, having a value of 1 was considered low risk for health outcomes, while having a value of 0 was considered high risk; in contrast, for poverty, employment/occupation, and foreign born, having a value of 1 was considered high risk, while having a value of 0 was considered low risk
  2. Spec. specificity, Sens. sensitivity, FPL federal poverty level
  3. aUnemployment was measured among participants who reported being in the workforce (e.g., excluding retirees)
  4. bEmployment in a blue-collar industry was measured among participants who reported being employed (i.e., excluding unemployed participants)