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Table 2 Seven-Item Interviewer Observed AAH Neighborhood Scale* Results Compared to Residents' Global Rating of their Neighborhood.

From: Rating neighborhoods for older adult health: results from the African American Health study

 

Mean Interviewer Rated Scale Scores

Resident Subjects' Global Rating of their Neighborhood

Total Sample

Inner City

Suburbs

Excellent

2.96

4.92

2.40

Very Good

3.66

5.38

3.03

Good

5.14

6.51

4.00

Fair

6.18

7.02

4.71

Poor

6.98

7.07

6.60

p-value for linear trend

< .001

< .001

< .001

  1. * Sum of the seven-item rating scale (range 0–15 points for Block Face A). Higher scores represent worse neighborhood conditions.
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