Table 6
Police-reported incidents of youth crime committed in private residences, regression models, Toronto, 2006

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Police-reported incidents of youth crime committed in private residences, regression models, Toronto, 2006


Table summary
This table displays the results of police-reported incidents of youth crime committed in private residences. The information is grouped by neighbourhood characteristics (appearing as row headers), incidents of youth crime , incidents of adult crime  and model 1, calculated using model 1, model 2, model 3, regression coefficients (b) and r  units of measure (appearing as column headers).

Neighbourhood characteristics Incidents of youth crime  Note 1 Incidents of adult crime  Note 2
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
  regression coefficients (b)
Night-time population  Note 3 0.28584Note *** 0.24106Note *** 0.49366Note ***
Day-time population  Note 4 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0.09175Note *
Subway traffic Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable -0.08364Note *
Commercial activity Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Bars Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Immigration -0.17113Note ** -0.13786Note ** -0.23489Note ***
Residential mobility Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0.13207Note **
Central neighbourhoods Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0.19631Note ***
Economic vulnerability 0.241Note *** 0.16955Note ** 0.43103Note ***
Access to resources -0.2421Note *** -0.18911Note *** -0.40265Note ***
Incidents of adult crime  Note 2 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0.16513Note *** Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
  r  Note 2
Explanatory power 0.19 0.20 0.53
not applicable (variables excluded from the model because they are not significant [p<0.05])      
Significantly associated with dependent variable p<0.05      
Significantly associated with dependent variable p<0.01      
 Significantly associated with dependent variable p<0.001      
Incidents including at least one accused aged from 12 to 17 years old. Includes a small percentage of accused youth under the age of 12.      
Incidents in which all accused were 18 years and older.      
Population aged from 5 to 17 years old living in the census tract for youth crime. Population aged 18 years old and over living in the census tract for adult crime.      
Population aged from 5 to 17 years old going to school in the census tract for youth crime. Population aged 18 years old and over working in the census tract for adult crime.      
Note(s): Model 1 and model 2 test the associations between incidents of youth crime (dependent variable) and neighbourhood characteristics (independent variables). Incidents of adult crime are excluded from model 1 but are included in model 2. Model 3 tests the associations between incidents of adult crime (dependent variable) and neighbourhood characteristics (independent variables).      
       
not applicable (variables excluded from the model because they are not significant [p<0.05])
*
Significantly associated with dependent variable p<0.05
**
Significantly associated with dependent variable p<0.01
***
 Significantly associated with dependent variable p<0.001
1.
Incidents including at least one accused aged from 12 to 17 years old. Includes a small percentage of accused youth under the age of 12.
2.
Incidents in which all accused were 18 years and older.
3.
Population aged from 5 to 17 years old living in the census tract for youth crime. Population aged 18 years old and over living in the census tract for adult crime.
4.
Population aged from 5 to 17 years old going to school in the census tract for youth crime. Population aged 18 years old and over working in the census tract for adult crime.
Note(s):
Model 1 and model 2 test the associations between incidents of youth crime (dependent variable) and neighbourhood characteristics (independent variables). Incidents of adult crime are excluded from model 1 but are included in model 2. Model 3 tests the associations between incidents of adult crime (dependent variable) and neighbourhood characteristics (independent variables).
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, geocoded database, 2006 and 2006 Census.
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