Table 2 Descriptive statistics and correlation matrix for independent variables

Continuous variables

(1) Population density (in thousands)

2.444

(2.482)

1

(2) Age dependency ratio x 100

63.102

(20.981)

–0.407**

1

(3) Socioeconomic vulnerability index

51.353

(28.369)

0.071

–0.114**

1

(4) % Retail industry employment

11.865

(5.443)

–0.181**

–0.005

0.172**

1

Binary variables

(5) Black or Hispanic majority (0,1)

0.101

(0.301)

0.274**

–0.015

0.403**

–0.114**

1

(6) No racial or ethnic majority (0, 1)

0.048

(0.214)

0.161**

–0.111**

0.110**

–0.016

–0.072

1

(7) K-12 public school (0,1)

0.670

(0.471)

–0.096*

0.015

–0.000

–0.014

–0.052

–0.049

1

Sample size

606