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Table 2 Demographic of census tracts and their proximity to walk-in testing sites, ACS 2018

From: Is Covid-19 community level testing effective in reaching at-risk populations? Evidence from spatial analysis of New Orleans patient data at walk-up sites

Demographics of the census tract

Orleans Parish

Tracts WITHOUT a walk-up site nearby

Tracts WITH a walk-up site nearby

p-value

(t-test)

% Under federal poverty level

26.1

24.1

28.0

0.111

% White

36.9

44.3

29.9***

0.003

% African American or Black Hispanic

57.2

50.1

64.0***

0.006

% Non-Black Hispanic

5.7

5.5

5.8

0.661

% Asian

2.4

2.1

2.6

0.520

% Minorities

63.1

55.7

70.1***

0.003

  1. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1