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Table 19.3
Correlates of physical and socio-demographic characteristics on within city locations of gay couples (by gender) and all households, 2009
(Dependent Variable: Census tract proportion of city's gay male or lesbian or total households, 2009)
National
West
South
Midwest
Northeast
Independent
variables
Gay
Lesbian Total
Gay
Lesbian Total
Gay
Lesbian Total
Gay
Lesbian Total
Gay
Lesbian
Total
Physical structure
Distance from
center (
100)
0.0007
0.0053
0.0004
0.0031 0.0063
0.0021 0.0392
0.0303
0.0060
0.0198 0.0078
0.0135
0.0270
0.0058
0.0030
(0.11)
(0.68)
(
0.36)
(
0.40)
(0.68)
(
1.47)
(1.79)
(1.11)
(1.28)
(
0.89)
(0.29)
(
5.52)
(
2.29)
(
0.45)
(
2.64)
Distance
squared
(
0.0122
0.0244 0.0051
0.0073
0.0234 0.0095
0.1768
0.1080 0.0151
0.1417
0.0718 0.0914
0.1510
0.0285
0.0145
(
0.38)
(
0.63)
(0.82)
(0.24)
(
0.63)
(1.61)
(
1.43)
(
0.70)
(0.54)
(0.87)
(
0.37)
(5.07)
(2.10)
(0.36)
(2.05)
10,000)
% Built before
1939 (in 2000)
0.0002
0.0010
-0.0002
-0.0006
0.0002
-0.0003
-0.0010
0.0045
0.0007
0.0023
0.0003
0.0004
0.0002
0.0007
0.0001
(0.41)
(1.69)
(
3.72)
(
0.80)
(0.22)
(
2.41)
(
0.46)
(1.73)
(2.24)
(2.27)
(
0.28)
(
4.50)
(0.31)
(1.13)
(
3.49)
Population
density 2000
(
100,000)
0.0002
0.0000
0.0001
0.0001
0.0003
0.0005 0.0026
0.0037
0.0069
0.0015
0.0029
0.0010
0.0001
0.0003
0.0000
(0.35)
(
0.06)
(
2.25)
(
0.05)
(
0.22)
(
2.43)
(0.39)
(
0.44)
(
7.35)
(
0.60)
(
0.97)
(
4.53)
(0.33)
(0.78)
(
1.34)
% vacant
(2000)
0.0029
0.0020 0.0015
0.0075
0.0013 0.0045
0.0059
0.0035
0.0030
0.0045
0.0044 0.0006
0.0000
0.0010
0.0002
(2.13)
(
1.21)
(8.82)
(2.71)
(
0.39)
(9.51)
(1.38)
(0.67)
(5.43)
(1.57)
(
1.28)
(2.32)
(0.00)
(
0.56)
(1.52)
Prop city SFH
detached 2000
0.0719
0.1761
0.0102
0.0031
0.2435
0.0162 0.3060
0.3378
0.0030
0.0687 0.1502
0.0117
0.0597
0.0921
0.0069
(2.20)
(4.46)
(2.31)
(0.04)
(2.45)
(
1.14)
(3.08)
(2.72)
(
0.22)
(
0.63)
(1.15)
(
1.14)
(1.78)
(2.52)
(2.70)
Sociodemographic structure
Prop city gay
male HHs
2000
0.7957
0.1668
0.0123
0.7556
0.1419
0.0011 0.9332
0.0256
0.0181
0.6250
0.4610
0.0113
0.6429
0.1581
0.0055
(51.06)
(8.86)
(6.33)
(24.61)
(4.17)
(
0.23)
(27.68)
(0.61)
(4.03)
(17.66)
(10.87)
(3.67)
(23.91)
(5.60)
(2.95)
Prop city
lesbian HHs
2000
0.0237
0.3718
0.0054
0.0204
0.3133
0.0080
0.0335 0.3874
0.0089 0.0354
0.2643
-0.0009
0.1175
0.5203
0.0009
(1.13)
(14.68)
(
2.18)
(0.52)
(6.58)
(
1.19)
(
0.74)
(6.88)
(
1.53)
(0.75)
(4.66)
(-0.22)
(3.53)
(14.23)
(0.39)
Prop city
non-family
HHs 2000
0.0066
0.0875
0.0538
0.1484 0.2017
0.0739 0.0560
0.2447
0.0684 0.0839
0.8241
0.0975
0.4930
0.3824
0.0333
(0.11)
(
1.20)
(
6.60)
(
1.18)
(1.32)
(
3.35)
(0.42)
(1.48)
(
3.55)
(0.51)
(
4.16)
(
6.27)
(3.96)
(
2.83)
(
3.62)
