Table 5 Logistic regression models for the attracting an applicant from the bottom quartile of scores in each category

Independent variables

Odds

Ratio

[95% C.I.]

Odds

Ratio

[95% C.I.]

Odds

Ratio

[95% C.I.]

Odds

Ratio

[95% C.I.]

Odds

Ratio

[95% C.I.]

Odds

Ratio

[95% C.I.]

Odds

Ratio

[95% C.I.]

Population density (in thousands)

0.870**

[0.791, 0.957]

0.955

[0.882, 1.034]

0.930

[0.860, 1.007]

0.939

[0.860, 1.026]

0.947

[0.871, 1.030]

0.857**

[0.773, 0.950]

0.894

[0.790, 1.011]

Age dependency ratio x 100

0.988

[0.978, 0.998]

0.994

[0.985, 1.004]

0.997

[0.988, 1.006]

0.992

[0.982, 1.003]

0.991*

[0.982, 1.000]

0.993

[0.982, 1.004]

0.990

[0.978, 1.003]

Socioeconomic vulnerability index

1.008*

[1.001, 1.015]

1.009*

[1.002, 1.016]

1.008*

[1.001, 1.015]

1.007

[0.999, 1.014]

1.004

[0.997, 1.011]

1.006

[0.998, 1.015]

1.010*

[1.001, 1.020]

% Retail industry employment

0.996

[0.964, 1.029]

0.994

[0.963, 1.027]

0.998

[0.967, 1.030]

0.994

[0.960, 1.028]

1.011

[0.978, 1.044]

1.009

[0.975, 1.045]

0.997

[0.956, 1.038]

Black or Hispanic majority (0,1)

0.756

[0.403, 1.420]

0.683

[0.368, 1.268]

0.629

[0.328, 1.203]

0.465*

[0.226, 0.955]

1.308

[0.702, 2.435]

0.801

[0.378, 1.701]

0.603

[0.239, 1.520]

No racial or ethnic majority (0, 1)

0.503

[0.185, 1.371]

0.409*

[0.152, 1.099]

0.889

[0.366, 2.158]

0.620

[0.235, 1.637]

1.307

[0.547, 3.124]

0.678

[0.216, 2.126]

0.409

[0.087, 1.915]

K-12 public school (0,1)

1.075

[0.749, 1.542]

1.092

[0.766, 1.557]

0.879

[0.616, 1.254]

1.032

[0.706, 1.509]

1.109

[0.778, 1.582]

1.098

[0.725, 1.663]

0.889

[0.554, 1.426]

Wald χ²

20.83**

13.23

11.89

12.97

9.39

18.01*

15.72*

p-value (Prob. > χ²)

0.004

0.067

0.104

0.073

0.226

0.012

0.028

Sample size

606

606

606

606

606

606

606