Table 2.

Mean cardiometabolic risk levels by housing characteristics

Health and Retirement Study 2010/2012	CMR		Difference
Respondents in analytic sample (n = 8,231)	Mean	S.E.	t-tests
Housing tenure
Owners	1.778	.021
Renters	2.127	.051	.349	***
Home maintenance
Very good or mixed	1.788	.019
Poor or very poor	2.373	.073	.585	***
Current and ongoing housing problem
No problem	1.767	.023
Current and ongoing problem	2.133	.048	.366	***
Years since last move
2 years or less	1.933	.056
3 to 5 years	1.797	.049	−.136	*
Over 5 years	1.814	.023	.017
Neighborhood safety
Good, very good, or excellent	1.793	.020
Poor or fair	2.156	.060	.363	***
Difficulty paying bills
Not at all difficult	1.667	.027
Difficult to pay bills	1.938	.026	.271	***

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001