Table 4.
Neighborhood violence and its effect on mothers’ health, health behaviors, and sleep
| Health | Smoking | Exercise | Amount of sleep per night | Extent of sleep interruption | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exposure to violencea | |||||
| Low | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Medium | 1.32 (.83–1.81) | 2.53 (1.97–3.09)** | 1.52 (0.96–2.08) | 1.30 (0.80–1.80) | 1.40 (0.87–1.93) |
| High | 1.87 (1.31–2.43)* | 3.08 (2.44–3.72)** | 2.41 (1.78–3.04)** | 2.06 (1.50–2.62)** | 2.38 (1.46–2.66)** |
| Perceptions of safetya | |||||
| High | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Medium | 0.72 (0.23–1.21) | 1.04 (0.50–1.58) | 1.43 (0.87–1.99) | 0.80 (0.30–1.30) | 0.74 (0.22–1.26) |
| Low | 1.48 (0.77–2.19) | 1.42 (0.66–2.18) | 1.61 (0.82–2.40) | 1.28 (0.57–1.99) | 1.25 (0.51–1.99) |
Health odds of reporting fair, poor or good health, smoking odds of reporting smoking, Exercise odds of reporting never exercising, amount of sleep per night odds of reporting less than 7 h of sleep per night, extent of sleep interruption odds of reporting sleep usually and always interrupted
*p ≤ 0.05; **p ≤ 0.001
aControlled for child age, mother age, marital status, race, education, and household crowding