Appendix A — Statistical Tables for Place Models

Table A.1:

Statistical models predicting four sense of community outcomes using ZCTA-level place characteristics and individual sociodemographic controls. Estimated cutpoints for ordinal models are not shown. Data source: Generations study, wave 1 (Meyer 2020 and ICPSR) and 2015-2019 ACS (US Census Bureau).
Zip code place characteristics and sense of community
Part of the LGBT community LGBT Community Connectedness Don’t belong to any community Social Wellbeing

Density (linear, scaled)

0.078
(0.055)

0.035
(0.015)

 — —

Density (logged)

 — —

0.065
(0.067)

0.087
(0.032)

Percent same-sex couple households

16.122
(5.175)

2.322
(1.415)

12.328
(5.207)

5.875
(2.342)

Man
(ref. woman)

-0.162
(0.115)

-0.043
(0.033)

-0.072
(0.109)

0.061
(0.052)

Non-binary/genderqueer
(ref. woman)

-0.046
(0.241)

0.005
(0.069)

-0.835
(0.226)

-0.329
(0.111)

Middle cohort
(ref. younger)

-0.313
(0.134)

-0.108
(0.038)

-0.154
(0.124)

0.008
(0.061)

Older cohort
(ref. younger)

-0.304
(0.14)

-0.135
(0.039)

0.07
(0.132)

0.026
(0.063)

Black/African American
(ref. white)

0.397
(0.149)

0.115
(0.042)

-0.326
(0.139)

-0.332
(0.068)

Latino/Hispanic
(ref. white)

0.408
(0.136)

0.12
(0.038)

-0.174
(0.126)

-0.214
(0.062)

Bisexual
(ref. lesbian/gay)

-0.797
(0.13)

-0.106
(0.037)

-0.228
(0.12)

-0.213
(0.059)

Other sexual minority identity
(ref. lesbian/gay)

-0.357
(0.189)

0.018
(0.054)

0.114
(0.177)

0.001
(0.086)

Democrat
(ref. Republican)

1.212
(0.252)

0.502
(0.07)

0.323
(0.232)

0.359
(0.113)

Independent or other
(ref. Republican)

0.749
(0.257)

0.301
(0.072)

-0.127
(0.239)

0.149
(0.116)

More than high school education
(ref. high school or less)

-0.488
(0.138)

-0.068
(0.039)

0.295
(0.126)

0.335
(0.062)

Intercept

 —

2.665
(0.081)

 —

3.963
(0.15)

Num. obs. 1,357 1,357 1,357 1,357
Log likelihood −1571.14 −1068.10 −2524.51 −1709.87
AIC 3174.29 2166.20 5087.03 3449.74
BIC 3257.69 2244.39 5186.07 3527.94
R2 — 0.10 — 0.13
Table A.2:

Statistical models predicting four sense of community outcomes using MSA-level place characteristics and individual sociodemographic controls. Estimated cutpoints for ordinal models are not shown. Data source: Generations study, wave 1 (Meyer 2020 and ICPSR) and 2015-2019 ACS (US Census Bureau).
Metropolitan place characteristics and sense of community
Part of the LGBT community LGBT Community Connectedness Don’t belong to any community Social Wellbeing

Density (linear, scaled)

0.058
(0.055)

0.024
(0.016)

 — —

Density (logged)

 — —

0.184
(0.132)

0.084
(0.062)

Percent same-sex couple households

16.097
(24.351)

-7.048
(6.986)

35.908
(24.688)

27.631
(11.654)

Man
(ref. woman)

-0.139
(0.122)

-0.027
(0.035)

-0.135
(0.116)

0.063
(0.055)

Non-binary/genderqueer
(ref. woman)

0.001
(0.256)

0.018
(0.074)

-0.725
(0.239)

-0.316
(0.117)

Middle cohort
(ref. younger)

-0.244
(0.141)

-0.1
(0.041)

-0.088
(0.131)

0.025
(0.064)

Older cohort
(ref. younger)

-0.255
(0.15)

-0.131
(0.043)

0.111
(0.142)

0.04
(0.067)

Black/African American
(ref. white)

0.45
(0.156)

0.126
(0.044)

-0.212
(0.145)

-0.282
(0.07)

Latino/Hispanic
(ref. white)

0.411
(0.143)

0.12
(0.041)

-0.159
(0.132)

-0.216
(0.064)

Bisexual
(ref. lesbian/gay)

-0.855
(0.139)

-0.117
(0.04)

-0.324
(0.13)

-0.236
(0.063)

Other sexual minority identity
(ref. lesbian/gay)

-0.35
(0.202)

0.024
(0.058)

-0.017
(0.189)

-0.034
(0.091)

Democrat
(ref. Republican)

1.265
(0.268)

0.518
(0.075)

0.412
(0.246)

0.449
(0.119)

Independent or other
(ref. Republican)

0.738
(0.274)

0.301
(0.077)

-0.045
(0.253)

0.254
(0.122)

More than high school education
(ref. high school or less)

-0.45
(0.148)

-0.052
(0.042)

0.282
(0.134)

0.351
(0.066)

Intercept

 —

2.715
(0.103)

 —

3.682
(0.219)

Num. obs. 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,209
Log likelihood −1396.78 −961.00 −2248.87 −1510.11
AIC 2825.55 1952.00 4535.75 3050.22
BIC 2907.11 2028.47 4632.60 3126.68
R2 — 0.09 — 0.12