Extreme Heat Exposure Is Associated with Higher Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Elevated Youth Delinquency

Table 1.

Correlations Between Study Variables

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

1 Extreme Heat Exposure 1                      



2 Neighborhood Median Income / 5000 -0.098 1

< 0.001


3 Neighborhood Poverty Status 0.046 -0.764 1

< 0.001 < 0.001


4 Puberty Status 0.054 -0.059 0.055 1

< 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001


5 Financial Difficulties 0.109 -0.225 0.248 0.038 1

< 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001


6 Race/Ethnicity (White) -0.064 0.366 -0.400 -0.084 -0.206 1

< 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001


7 Race/Ethnicity (Black) 0.082 -0.315 0.373 0.090 0.206 -0.098 1

< 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001


8 Race / Ethnicity (Latino) -0.046 -0.195 0.192 0.013 0.055 0.046 -0.764 1

< 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 0.199 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001


9 Race/Ethnicity (Asian) -0.015 0.053 -0.062 0.007 -0.047 0.054 -0.059 0.055 1

0.134 < 0.001 < 0.001 0.474 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001


10 Race/Ethnicity (Other) 0.076 0.002 -0.003 0.013 0.044 0.109 -0.225 0.248 0.038 1

< 0.001 0.809 0.733 0.202 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001


11 Peer Deviance 0.042 -0.046 0.055 0.041 0.066 -0.120 0.459 -0.549 -0.068 -0.424 1

0.010 0.004 0.001 0.014 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001


12 Youth Delinquency 0.057 -0.051 0.052 0.066 0.074 -0.073 0.384 -0.452 -0.055 -0.271 0.622 1

0.006 0.012 0.011 0.002 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001