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Anecdotal Evidence of Disparities in the City of Cleveland’s Market Area
Table 8.4 represents the same disparate treatment information as in Table 8.3, but with the
frequency percentages replaced by relative rankings. That is, the 14 kinds of disparate treatment
are ranked by each group according to the frequency with which disparate treatment was
reported, with “1” representing the most frequent and “14” representing the least frequent.
The most frequently reported issue overall for M/WBEs was receiving timely payment for work
performed. This was followed closely by working or attempting to work on public sector prime
contracts, working or attempting to work on private sector prime contracts, and working or
attempting to work on public sector subcontracts.
Table 8.5. Prevalence of Disparate Treatment Facing M/WBEs
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
M/WBE 0.115 0.090
(2.66) (1.91)
Minority 0.263 0.220
(4.21) (3.31)
Non-minority Female 0.060 0.037 0.061 0.041
(1.26) (0.72) (1.28) (0.79)
African American 0.403 0.365
(5.27) (4.39)
Hispanic 0.154 0.091
(1.21) (0.68)
Asian/Pacific Islanders (0.071) (0.046)
(-0.52) (-0.32)
Native American 0.031 0.002
(0.16) (0.01)
Owner’s Education (3
indicator variables)
No Yes No Yes No Yes
Firm Age (4 indicators)
No Yes No Yes No Yes
Employment size bracket (6
indicators)
No Yes No Yes No Yes
Sales/revenue size bracket (4
indicators)
No Yes No Yes No Yes
Industry category (3
indicators)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
N 528.00 501.00 528.00 501.00 528.00 501.00
Pseudo R 2 0.03 0.06 0.05 0.07 0.06 0.09
Chi 2 19.49 39.30 30.72 47.51 43.89 57.31
Log likelihood (328.38) (301.28) (322.76) (297.18) (316.18) (292.28)
Source: See Table 8.2.
Note: Reported estimates are derivatives from Probit models, t-statistics are in parentheses. T-statistics of 2.58
(1.96) (1.64) or larger indicate that the result is significant within a 99 (95) (90) percent confidence interval.
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