TABLE 1—

Summary Statistics Comparing Residents of Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Undergoing Demolition or Housing Improvement With Control Group at Wave 1: GoWell Survey, 2006

Variable	Control Group (n = 283), % or Mean Score	Demolition Group (n = 443), % or Mean Score	Housing Improvement Group (n = 315), % or Mean Score	Control vs Demolition Group, P	Control vs Housing Improvement Group, P
Gender				.017	.94
Male	34.63	43.57	34.92
Female	65.37	56.43	65.08
Building type				<.001	<.001
House	27.92	0.90	16.19
Low-rise apartment building	59.72	9.71	41.27
High-rise apartment building	12.37	89.39	42.54
Age, y				<.001	.946
< 26	19.93	43.51	21.02
26–64	43.06	36.45	42.68
> 64	37.01	20.05	36.31
Country of birth				<.001	.27
United Kingdom	94.35	59.14	92.06
Elsewhere	5.65	40.86	7.94
Educational qualifications				.007	.251
Yes	20.14	12.64	16.51
No	79.86	87.36	83.49
Housing status				<.001	<.001
Owner occupied	31.80	5.64	18.73
Rented	68.20	94.36	81.27
Household type				<.001	.472
No children	77.74	56.43	75.24
Children	22.26	43.57	24.76
Health scorea
Mental	47.77	47.87	47.97	.894	.814
Physical	46.75	48.58	45.98	.025	.379

Note. Percentages may not total 100% because of rounding.

^aDerived from the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form Health Survey version 2; the range is 0–100, with higher scores indicating better health.