To help explain the geographic differences between white and Hispanic or Latino homeownership, the special study also examines demographic and socio -
economic variables previously shown to be significantly associated with homeownership, such as income, marriage rates, and age.
Second, we sought to determine whether the frequency of S allele carriers predicts cultural individualism and collectivism by conducting a multiple regression analysis with individualism — collectivism as the criterion
variable and frequency of S allele carriers, as well as four other
economic and health factors
previously associated with individualism — collectivism including GDP per capita, inequity in the distribution of wealth (Gini index) as well as historical and contemporary pathogen prevalence as predictor
variables (Fincher et al. 2008).