Cardiovascular inflammation in healthy women: multilevel associations with state-level prosperity, productivity and income inequality

Table 3 Spearman Correlation Coefficients Among State-Level Wealth and Prosperity, Growth, Income Inequality, Poverty, and Labor Productivity

	Wealth and Prosperity		Economic Growth	Income Inequality	Poverty	Labor Productivity
	Real per-capita GDP ^a	Median Household Income ^a	Average Annual Growth Real Per-Capita GDP 1990-1996 ^a	Gini Coefficient ^a	Percent in Poverty ^a	Per Employee Earnings ^a,b
Wealth and Prosperity
Real per-capita GDP ^a	1.00	0.823**	-0.694**	-0.124	-0.616**	0.832**
Median Household Income ^a	0.823**	1.00	-0.573**	-0.329*	-0.824**	0.821**
Economic Growth
Average Annual Growth Real Per-Capita GDP 1990-1996 ^a	-0.694**	-0.573**	1.00	0.003	0.391**	-0.591**
Income Inequality
Gini Coefficient ^a	-0.124	-0.329*	0.003	1.00	0.671**	0.088
Poverty
Percent in Poverty ^a	-0.616**	-0.824**	0.391**	0.671**	1.00	-0.535**
Labor Productivity
Per Employee Earnings ^a,b	0.832**	0.821**	-0.591**	0.088	-0.535**	1.00

**Indicates results are statistically significant at P < 0.01.
*Indicates results are statistically significant at P < 0.05.
^a Spearman correlation coefficients among linear variables obtained via Proc Corr procedure in SAS^®.
^b Per employee earnings are not calculated for the District of Columbia.

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