. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: Soc Nat Resour. 2010 Jun 1;23(6):525–541. doi: 10.1080/08941920903357782

Table 1.

Logistic Regression Predicting Perception of Environmental Problem as "Very Serious," Agincourt Health and Demographic Surveillance Site, Bushbuckridge, South Africa.

	Dirty rivers/dams		Salty/dirty tap water		Litter/ Refuse		Soil erosion		Bushfires		Not enough rain		Cutting trees		Not enough flush toilets		Poor air quality		Overgrazing	Indoor cooking		Poor soil		Too many people

Household Characteristics
Household Size	−0.19	^*	−0.03		−0.04		−0.12		−0.07		0.11		0.02		0.04		−0.08		−0.16	−0.08		−0.08		−0.10
Female head	−1.27		0.58		−0.20		−1.04		−0.85		−0.14		−0.36		−0.39		−1.49	^**	−0.16	1.12	^*	−0.82	^**	−0.36
Age of head	0.12	^***	0.03		−0.03		0.01		0.00		−0.02		0.03		0.03		−0.01		0.01	0.02		0.00		0.02
Education of head	−0.03		−0.02		0.04		0.02		−0.06		0.03		0.15	^*	0.23	^***	−0.04		0.04	0.04		0.05		−0.01
Young household	−0.51		−0.85		−0.41		−0.37		−1.08		−0.63		−1.38		−0.20		0.09		−0.58	0.35		−0.13		0.31
Older household	‥‥		−0.72		−0.86		−0.27		−0.55		4.63	^**	0.95		−1.19		−0.73		−1.03	0.73		0.26		−0.89
Asset Index	0.60	^*	0.06		0.31		−0.05		0.08		−0.34		−0.25		−0.35	^*	0.01		0.12	0.05		0.01		0.02
Respondent Characteristic
Female	0.70		−0.17		−1.33		0.23		−0.27		1.39	^*	−0.93		0.39		1.11		−0.11	−0.59		−0.86		0.93
Place Characteristics
Ireagh A/B	ref		ref		ref		ref		ref		ref		ref		ref		ref		ref	ref		ref		ref
Croquetlawn	−0.85		0.77		−0.35		−1.03		3.32	^*	0.02		‥		−0.83		1.18		−0.90	−0.81	^*	−0.52		−1.01
Cunningmore A	−0.28		1.91		−0.60		4.78	^***	1.35		0.41		0.25		0.39		1.90	^*	−0.15	−0.16		−0.15		−0.43
Cunningmore B	−0.74		−0.76		−1.83	^*	0.14		3.61	^***	0.04		0.25		0.60		2.34	^*	−0.96	0.31		3.61	^***	−0.94
Justicia A	2.00		4.16	^***	3.64	^**	−0.44		0.11		−0.40		−0.20		1.11		3.16	^**	−0.26	0.28		−0.05		0.04
Kildare A	−0.72		−0.46		−1.88	^*	0.26		−0.61		0.43		0.13		0.69		−0.59	^*	0.45	−0.13		−0.43		−1.75
Kildare B	1.85		−0.96		3.61	^*	−1.00		−1.21		3.00		1.29		4.62	^***	4.04	^***	−0.38	−2.38	^*	−0.59		1.16
Lilydale A	−0.87		−0.16		−1.94	^*	−1.23		−0.85		0.65		−0.98		1.27		0.73		−0.54	0.48		0.12		−0.53
Lilydale B	−0.71		−0.51		0.54		−1.18		−1.11		−1.31		0.59		0.82		1.37		−0.30	0.12		0.03		−0.19
Constant	−3.58	^*	0.12		4.25	^***	2.50		3.58	^*	2.14		1.97		−1.86		0.40	^***	1.16	−0.08		2.58		−1.12
Model χ²; Prob>χ²	36.51;0.00		50.99;0.00		43.99;0.00		29.86;0.02		42.02;0.00		25.31;0.06		1.28;0.19		37.39;0.00		38.67;0.00		9.75;0.88	15.50;0.49		36.18;0.00		12.80;0.69
χ² village variables = 0; Prob>χ²	9.26;0.23		32.09;0.00		33.00;0.00		26.15;0.00		14.14;0.05		9.88;0.20		3.99;0.68		22.55;0.00		29.38;0.00		2.09;0.95	7.23;0.41		0.67;0.99		6.49;0.48
Percent correctly classified	83.96		73.95		83.26		81.86		80.93		84.98		84.26		89.81		70.7		57.84	66.05		79.72		63.03
N	214		217		217		217		217		215		218		216		217		206	217		214		213

p<0.05

^**

p<0.01

^***

p<0.001

models lacking overall significance in grey.

weights applied to adjust for stratified sampling by household adult mortality experience.