| Housing Variables |
| % owner-occupied (vs. rental) | -.329** |
| % buildings with 5 or more units | +.387** |
| % increase in dwelling units | -.184 |
| Rental vacancy rate | -.297** |
| % with rents < $150 | +.031 |
| Fair market rent, 1-br apartment | +.293** |
| Percapita public housing units | +.291* |
| Percapita section 8 units | +.249 |
| Very low income renters per units | +.118 |
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| Population Variables |
| City Population | +.138 |
| Population Change | -.185 |
| % Black | +.032 |
| % Hispanic | -.092 |
| % One-person households | +.459** |
| Persons/Household | -.339** |
| % Population 65 or older | +.207 |
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| Poverty and Income Variables |
| % in Poverty | +.051 |
| Average Income | +.147 |
| Median Renter Income | +.240* |
| Mean Household Income | +.192 |
| Standard deviation household income | +.217* |
| Inequality | -.054 |
| Cost of living | +.304** |
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| Education and Employment Variables |
| % 12+ years of education | +.092 |
| % 16+ years of education | +.138 |
| % with professional occupations | +.166 |
| % with skilled craft occupations | -.261* |
| Unemployment rate | -.080 |
| Employment / population ratio | +.069 |
| % of 1987 employment that is in: |
| construction | -.272** |
| manufacturing | -.109 |
| transportation | +.195 |
| wholesale | -.028 |
| retail | -.349** |
| finance | +.358** |
| other services | +.275** |
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| Welfare benefits variables: |
| AFDC Maximum payment | +.198 |
| SSI State Supplement | +.127 |
| General assistance | +.326** |
| % of unemployed who receive compensation | +.271** |
| Percapita mental health expenditures | +.204 |
| Percapita alcohol/drug expenditures | +.348** |
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| Other variables: |
| Percapita county government revenues | +.428** |
| Percapita county government expenditures: |
| on welfare | +.206 |
| on education | +.005 |
| on housing | +.464** |
| Average January temperature | -.098 |
| Average July temperature | -.227* |
| Percapita alcohol hospital admissions | +.135 |
| Percapita drug hospital admissions | +.093 |
| Increase in alcohol admissions | +.042 |
| Increase in drug admissions | +.215* |
