Community Revitalization in Post-Katrina New Orleans: A Critical Analysis of Social Capital in an African American Neighborhood

Figures & data

TABLE 1. Frequency and percentages of demographic variables

Variable	Category	Freq.	%
Currently live in area (N = 153)	Yes	117	76.5
	No	36	23.5
Currently own a business in area (N = 152)	Yes	26	17.1
	No	126	82.9
Live/own business before Katrina in area (N = 151)	Yes	120	79.5
	No	31	20.5
Living situation (N = 152)	In a home that your family owns	46	30.3
	In a FEMA trailer	61	40.1
	In a rented house or apartment	45	29.6
Gender (N = 151)	Male	87	57.6
	Female	64	42.4
Age (N = 153)	18–34	41	26.8
	35–49	46	30.1
	50–64	43	28.1
	65–74	16	10.5
	75–84	7	4.6
Race/ethnicity (N = 153)	Black	133	86.9
	White	8	5.2
	Mixed	4	2.6
	Other	8	5.2
Monthly income (N = 124)	No Income	11	8.9
	$1–$499	8	6.5
	$500–$999	32	25.8
	$1000–$1499	19	15.3
	$1500–$1999	13	10.5
	$2000–$2499	15	12.1
	$2500 and above	26	21.0

TABLE 2. Frequency and percentages of trust items

Item	A lot		Some		Only a little		Not at all
	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%
People in the neighborhood (N = 146)	18	12.3	25	17.1	50	34.2	53	36.3
Police (N = 136)	34	25.2	30	22.2	49	36.3	22	16.3
Other races (N = 140)	7	5.0	16	11.4	62	44.3	55	39.3

TABLE 3. Nonparametric correlations among trust, well-being, and demographic variables

	Age	Income	Living situation	Happiness	Health	People trust	Police trust	Racial trust	Total trust
Gender	.03	−.10	.13	.10	.01	.06	−.08	−.06	−.01
Age	—	−.01	−.03	− .03	−.02	−.06	−.12	−.06	−.07
Income	—	—	−.09	.05	.09	.09	.09	−.03	.10
Living situation	—	—	—	.03	−.03	−.14	.02	−.10	−.11
Happiness	—	—	—	—	.20 ∗	.03	.02	.12	.05
Health	—	—	—	—	—	.08	.19 ∗	.18 ∗	.18
People trust	—	—	—	—	—	—	.31 ∗∗	.37 ∗∗	.74 ∗∗
Police trust	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	.39 ∗∗	.73 ∗∗
Racial trust	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	.79 ∗∗
Note. Significant coefficients are bolded.
∗p < 0.05. ∗∗p < 0.01.

TABLE 4. Frequency and percentages of the civic engagement items

Item	Yes		No
	Freq.	%	Freq.	%
Registered to vote (N = 150)	131	87.3	19	12.7
Voted in last election (N = 152)	106	69.7	46	30.3
Political (N = 151)	54	35.8	97	64.2
Religious (N = 151)	65	43.0	86	57.0
Cultural (N = 152)	38	25.0	114	75.0
School/parent (N = 153)	35	22.9	118	77.1
Neighborhood assoc. (N = 153)	69	45.1	84	54.9
Recovery(N = 152)	45	29.6	107	70.4

TABLE 5. Nonparametric correlations among civic engagement, trust, well-being, and demographic variables

	Age	Income	People trust	Police trust	Racial trust	Happiness	Health	Total trust
Registered to vote	.15	.16	.03	−.01	−.05	.12	.02	−.04
Voted in last election	.27 ∗∗	.15	−.11	−.11	−.11	.09	−.02	−.13
Political	.03	.15	−.13	.04	−.07	.04	.04	−.07
Religious	.19 ∗	.03	−.13	.00	−.05	.10	−.01	−.09
Cultural	−.29 ∗∗	.21 ∗	−.06	.06	.07	.19 ∗	.10	.05
School/parent	−.07	−.01	−.04	.11	.02	.06	−.02	.01
Neighborhood Assoc.	.25 ∗∗	.22 ∗	−.09	−.12	−.11	.04	.03	−.15
Recovery	.11	.18 ∗	−.11	.16	.05	.06	−.07	.07
Civic Engagement	.13	.20	−.01	−.09	.16	.15	.01	.06
Note. Significant coefficients are bolded.
∗p < 0.05. ∗∗p < 0.01.