Table 2.
General characteristics of the studied population sample by residential area
| Area* |
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|---|---|---|---|
| General characteristics | noisy | quiet | P |
| No. of residents | 192 | 118 | |
| Age (mean±SD, y) | 43.5 ± 14.2 | 41.6 ± 15.1 | 0.409† |
| Men (%) | 35.4 | 39.8 | 0.435‡ |
| Education (%): | |||
| high school | 46.6 | 47.8 | 0.200‡ |
| college degree | 20.4 | 16.2 | |
| university degree | 33.0 | 35.9 | |
| Type of work (%): | |||
| physical | 30.4 | 36.4 | 0.435‡ |
| intellectual | 69.6 | 63.6 | |
| Employment rate (%) | 53.7 | 55.7 | 0.744‡ |
| Apartment size (m2/person, mean±SD) | 23.7 ± 11.2 | 20.0 ± 9.1 | 0.003† |
| Floor (mean±SD) | 1.9 ± 1.1 | 2.2 ± 1.5 | 0.808§ |
| Years of residence (mean±SD) | 19.7 ± 13.4 | 17.8 ± 13.1 | 0.119† |
| Noise sensitivity score (mean±SD) | 85.5 ± 17.1 | 83.2 ± 15.8 | 0.232† |
*Noisy area >65 dB(A); quiet area <55 dB(A).
†Student's t test for independent variables.
‡χ2 test.
§Mann-Whitney’s U-test.