Table 4.
Regression models predicting pace of ageing, housing variables
| Individual housing variable models | Model 1: Contemporary housing | Model 2: Contemporary and historical housing | ||
| Tenure (ref. Owned outright) | Owned with mortgage | 0.008 (0.006) |
0.007 (0.006) |
0.009 (0.006) |
| Social rent | 0.013* (0.007) |
0.002 (0.007) |
0.000 (0.007) |
|
| Private rent | 0.047*** (0.010) |
0.045*** (0.010) |
0.046*** (0.011) |
|
| Other | −0.068 (0.042) |
−0.075†
(0.043) |
−0.077 (0.046) |
|
| Receive housing benefit (ref. No) | Yes | 0.007 (0.010) |
−0.004 (0.009) |
−0.008 (0.009) |
| Housing cost burden (ref. No) | Yes | 0.015 (0.012) |
0.000 (0.012) |
−0.002 (0.013) |
| Property type (ref. Detached) | Semi-detached | 0.008†
(0.005) |
0.004 (0.005) |
0.003 (0.005) |
| Terrace | 0.011* (0.005) |
0.004 (0.006) |
0.004 (0.006) |
|
| Flat | 0.033*** (0.008) |
0.017†
(0.009) |
0.016†
(0.008) |
|
| Other | 0.008 (0.019) |
−0.001 (0.024) |
−0.002 (0.025) |
|
| Housing payment arrears (ref. No) | Yes | 0.017 (0.012) |
0.009 (0.013) |
0.004 (0.013) |
| Central heating (ref. Yes) | No | 0.024** (0.010) |
0.017 (0.011) |
0.015 (0.012) |
| Overcrowding (ref. No) | Yes | 0.014 (0.011) |
0.012 (0.011) |
0.009 (0.012) |
| Rural/urban (ref. Urban) | Rural | −0.006 (0.005) |
−0.002 (0.005) |
−0.006 (0.005) |
| Moving desire/ expectation (ref. Want to stay, expect to stay) |
Want move, expect move | 0.005 (0.008) |
−0.009 (0.007) |
−0.008 (0.007) |
| Want stay, expect move | 0.009 (0.012) |
−0.015 (0.011) |
−0.015 (0.012) |
|
| Want move, expect stay | 0.006 (0.005) |
0.006 (0.005) |
0.007 (0.005) |
|
| Ever report damp | 0.009 (0.006) |
0.007 (0.005) |
||
| Ever moving desire mismatch | 0.001 (0.005) |
0.000 (0.004) |
||
| Ever report space shortage | 0.003 (0.005) |
0.001 (0.005) |
||
| Ever report noise from neighbours | 0.000 (0.005) |
−0.006 (0.004) |
||
| Ever report street noise | −0.002 (0.005) |
−0.009†
(0.005) |
||
| Ever report inadequate light | 0.004 (0.005) |
−0.001 (0.005) |
||
| Ever report inadequate heat | 0.021*** (0.007) |
0.013†
(0.007) |
||
| Ever report no central heating | 0.008 (0.006) |
−0.002 (0.006) |
||
| Ever report condensation | −0.003 (0.004) |
−0.013** (0.005) |
||
| Ever report leaky roof | 0.013** (0.006) |
0.009 (0.007) |
||
| Ever report rot | 0.006 (0.005) |
0.001 (0.005) |
||
| Ever report pollution/environmental problems | 0.010†
(0.005) |
0.013* (0.005) |
||
| Ever report housing payment difficulties | 0.015** (0.006) |
−0.002 (0.007) |
||
| Ever report housing payment arrears | 0.033*** (0.012) |
0.025* (0.012) |
||
| Constant | Included | 0.691** (0.241) |
0.631** (0.226) |
|
Models include blood cell composition and batch number (coefficients not shown).
†p<0.10; *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001, weighted n=901.