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. 2012 Jul 11;7(7):e40529. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040529

Table 3. Life environmental qualities of study subjects.

Pandemic period* Post-pandemic period* Total p value
N = 211 (69.9%) N = 91 (30.3%) N = 302 (100.0%)
Location 0.144
All public services 187 (88.6) 75 (82.4) 262 (86.8)
Partial public services 24 (11.4) 16 (17.6) 40 (13.2)
Housing 0.011
Borrow without any payment 84 (39.8) 28 (30.8) 112 (37.1)
Rent 39 (18.5) 31 (34.1) 70 (23.2)
Pay for credit 16 (7.6) 2 (2.2) 18 (6.0)
Own 72 (34.1) 30 (33.0) 102 (33.8)
House construction material <0.001
Concrete 179 (84.8) 70 (76.9) 249 (82.5)
Tinplate 3 (1.4) 12 (13.2) 15 (5.0)
Concrete and tinplate 29 (13.7) 9 (9.9) 38 (12.6)
Number of rooms in a house 0.003
≤2 85 (40.3) 64 (70.3) 149 (49.3)
3–5 121 (57.3) 26 (28.6) 147 (48.7)
≥6 5 (2.4) 1 (1.1) 6 (2.0)
Number of individuals in a house <0.001
≤2 13 (6.2) 24 (26.4) 37 (12.3)
3–5 167 (79.5) 57 (62.6) 224 (74.4)
≥6 30 (14.3) 10 (11.0) 40 (13.3)
Number of individuals per a room, mean (range) 2.5 (0.29–8.0) 3.0 (0.67–9.0) 2.5 (0.29–9.0) <0.001
*

Pandemic period, between April 2009 and July 2010; Post-pandemic period, between August 2010 and the end of survey period.

Location was defined by the accessibility of public service which is also followed by the Social Gap Index.