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Although non-significant, there was a trend that participants with a child living in the home were more likely to agree their neighborhood has a social gathering (84%) than those without a child in the home (76%). Owning a home was significantly associated with knowing many people and agreeing to having social gatherings. Homeowners (87%) agreed they knew many people more frequently than renters (31 %). Also, homeowners agreed they had social gatherings (87%) more than renters (28%). Similarly, residents in the youngest age category who own a home are significantly more likely (p<.0001) to agree to both social connectivity variables than young people who rent. There was no reported difference in social connectivity between genders or for levels of educational attainment. Both social connectivity variables ("I know many people in my neighborhood," and "My neighborhood has a block party at least once each year") were collapsed into one variable denoting high or low social connectivity. If the respondent agreed to both social connectivity variables then connectivity was high. Likewise, if the • respondent disagreed to both variables, connectivity was low. When the variables for age (split into "young • 18-34," and "older 35+"), housing status, and whether children <181ived in the home were entered into a logistic regression to predict high social connectivity, home ownership was the only predictor that remained significant. Homeowners were 83 times more likely to agree that they know many people in their neighborhood and that their neighborhood has a social gathering at least once a year than respondents who reside in rental units (p<.0001). Table 2 represents the odds ratios and confidence intervals for these predictors. Table 2: Predictors of Fligh Social Conncctivit~~ Predictor Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Limits Greater age 0.772 0.141 4.230 Homeowner 83.387* 15.774 440.810 Having child <18 in home 1.255 0.329 4.786 * p<.0001 4~