Table 1

Mean (SD) of proportion of poverty and crowding, and unadjusted IRR and 95% confidence interval (CI) for a 20% change in poverty and household crowding, for total children and by ethnicity, central Orange County, California

Census block groupsMean (SD)*IRR95% CI
*Weighted by the sum of Hispanic and non-Hispanic white children in census block group.
**p Value <0.001, comparing census values for Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites in 538 census block groups with children of both ethnicities.
Total594
    Poverty0.13 (0.11)1.121.03 to 1.23
    Household crowding0.28 (0.22)1.131.08 to 1.19
Hispanic540
    Poverty0.16 (0.16)**0.870.80 to 0.95
    Household crowding0.48 (0.23)**0.930.87 to 0.99
Non-Hispanic white570
    Poverty0.08 (0.16)1.100.92 to 1.31
    Household crowding0.06 (0.06)2.461.29 to 4.70