| Study population |
1085 |
40 |
48 |
672 |
311 |
217 |
1098 |
3471 |
| Sample |
396 |
24 |
23 |
221 |
148 |
112 |
385 |
1309 |
| Respondents |
206 |
16 |
12 |
141 |
87 |
70 |
222 |
754 |
| Response rate (%) |
52.0 |
66.7 |
52.2 |
63.8 |
58.8 |
62.5 |
57.7 |
57.6 |
| Description of respondents and exposure |
| Age (years), mean (SD) |
52 (15) |
51 (18) |
54 (15) |
52 (14) |
49 (16) |
49 (15) |
51 (15) |
51 (15) |
| Sex (% male) |
40 |
53 |
58 |
47 |
48 |
38 |
46 |
44 |
| Occupation (% employed) |
54 |
33 |
58 |
57 |
61 |
58 |
62 |
58 |
| (% retired) |
28 |
53 |
33 |
24 |
22 |
21 |
23 |
25 |
| Housing type (% detached) |
70 |
93 |
100 |
70 |
89 |
93 |
82 |
79 |
| Length of time in current dwelling (years), mean (SD) |
14 (14) |
16 (10) |
16 (15) |
15 (13) |
15 (15) |
15 (16) |
16 (12) |
15 (13) |
| Distance to nearest wind turbine (m), mean (SD) |
862 (184) |
636 (254) |
670 (284) |
812 (151) |
834 (266) |
1014 (245) |
605 (160) |
780 (233) |
| Sound pressure level (dB(A)), mean (SD) |
31.4 (2.3) |
38.2 (4.7) |
33.8 (4.5) |
33.2 (1.4) |
34.6 (3.2) |
31.9 (2.3) |
35.0 (2.9) |
33.4 (3.0) |
| Visual angle (degree), mean (SD) |
3.5 (0.9) |
10.8 (3.9) |
8.4 (4.3) |
2.5 (0.4) |
2.7 (1.3) |
3.5 (1.7) |
3.8 (0.8) |
3.5 (1.7) |
| Visibility (% of respondents who could see at least one wind turbine) |
64 |
75 |
67 |
60 |
91 |
88 |
71 |
71 |
| Noise sensitivity (% sensitive) |
54 |
50 |
42 |
59 |
39 |
56 |
48 |
51 |
| Self‐rated health (% chronic disease) |
36 |
33 |
67 |
35 |
21 |
26 |
32 |
33 |
| Self‐rated sleep (% not good) |
9 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
