Table 5 Lower social vulnerability is associated with a higher prevalence of social media-involved violent crimes in Prince George’s County, Maryland, 2018–2023
All crime typesa | Crime type (subgroup analyses)b | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assault & homicide | Robbery | Sexual offense | ||||||
PR | 95% CI | PR | 95% CI | PR | 95% CI | PR | 95% CI | |
Socioeconomic status | ||||||||
High (ref.) | ||||||||
Low | 1.82 | 1.37, 2.43 | 1.64 | 1.02, 2.62 | 2.00 | 1.28, 3.12 | 2.07 | 1.02, 4.19 |
Medium | 1.06 | 0.82, 1.37 | 1.20 | 0.80, 1.78 | 0.99 | 0.65, 1.51 | 1.41 | 0.70, 2.87 |
Household characteristics | ||||||||
High (ref.) | ||||||||
Low | 1.12 | 0.84, 1.49 | 1.10 | 0.71, 1.70 | 0.98 | 0.62, 1.56 | 1.80 | 0.87, 3.74 |
Medium | 1.20 | 0.92, 1.57 | 1.12 | 0.73, 1.70 | 1.10 | 0.72, 1.68 | 1.89 | 0.93, 3.85 |
Racial & ethnic minority status | ||||||||
High (ref.) | ||||||||
Low | 1.04 | 0.75, 1.44 | 1.04 | 0.60, 1.79 | 1.00 | 0.60, 1.66 | 1.23 | 0.60, 2.52 |
Medium | 1.03 | 0.80, 1.32 | 1.28 | 0.87, 1.88 | 0.93 | 0.62, 1.40 | 1.20 | 0.63, 2.26 |
Housing type & transportation | ||||||||
High (ref.) | ||||||||
Low | 1.53 | 1.17, 2.02 | 1.51 | 0.97, 2.35 | 1.54 | 1.01, 2.37 | 1.54 | 0.76, 3.11 |
Medium | 1.07 | 0.82, 1.39 | 1.02 | 0.68, 1.52 | 1.06 | 0.70, 1.61 | 1.47 | 0.74, 2.92 |
Overall | ||||||||
High (ref.) | ||||||||
Low | 1.63 | 1.23, 2.17 | 1.49 | 0.92, 2.40 | 1.71 | 1.10, 2.67 | 2.14 | 1.05, 4.39 |
Medium | 1.15 | 0.89, 1.49 | 1.45 | 0.99, 2.12 | 0.99 | 0.65, 1.52 | 1.81 | 0.90, 3.64 |