Table 8
Rate of youth accused, regression models, Toronto, 2006

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Rate of youth accused, regression models, Toronto, 2006


Table summary
This table displays the results of rate of youth accused. The information is grouped by neighbourhood characteristics (appearing as row headers), youth accused rate , adult accused rate  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 Youth accused rate  Note 1 Adult accused rate  Note 2
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
  regression coefficients (b)
Immigration -0.54824Note *** -0.41578Note *** -0.43231Note ***
Residential mobility 0.17712Note ** Note ...: not applicable 0.26475Note ***
Central neighbourhoods -0.10306Note * -0.08944Note * 0.12515Note **
Economic vulnerability 0.65784Note *** 0.6383Note *** 0.53108Note ***
Access to resources -0.3651Note *** -0.32044Note *** -0.5166Note ***
Incidents of adult crime  Note 2 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0.15167Note ** Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
  r  Note 2
Explanatory power 0.48 0.51 0.66
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      
Accused aged from 12 to 17 years old. Includes a small percentage of accused youth under the age of 12.      
Accused aged 18 years and older.      
Note(s): Model 1 and model 2 test the associations between youth accused rate (dependent variable) and neighbourhood characteristics (independent variables). Adult accused rate is excluded from model 1 but included in model 2. Model 3 tests the associations between adult accused rate (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.
Accused aged from 12 to 17 years old. Includes a small percentage of accused youth under the age of 12.
2.
Accused aged 18 years and older.
Note(s):
Model 1 and model 2 test the associations between youth accused rate (dependent variable) and neighbourhood characteristics (independent variables). Adult accused rate is excluded from model 1 but included in model 2. Model 3 tests the associations between adult accused rate (dependent variable) and neighbourhood characteristics (independent variables).
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, 2006 Census; Toronto Police Service, data on accused persons' place of residence.
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