Table 2.
Characteristics of households and flats across floors of residence in high-rise buildings
| Floor | No. of households | Size of flats (m2)a | Crowding (persons/room) | Rent (CHF/m2)a | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Ground floor | 144,839 | 14.4 | 83 | (37) | 0.72 | (0.43) | 13.65 | (4.99) |
| Floor 1 | 215,727 | 21.4 | 82 | (32) | 0.68 | (0.40) | 13.66 | (4.92) |
| 2 | 222,057 | 22.0 | 83 | (32) | 0.66 | (0.38) | 13.79 | (5.01) |
| 3 | 190,437 | 18.9 | 82 | (33) | 0.66 | (0.38) | 13.96 | (5.12) |
| 4 | 108,493 | 10.8 | 81 | (34) | 0.66 | (0.40) | 14.32 | (5.35) |
| 5 | 53,230 | 5.3 | 79 | (33) | 0.67 | (0.40) | 14.64 | (5.24) |
| 6 | 28,500 | 2.8 | 79 | (33) | 0.67 | (0.41) | 14.44 | (4.86) |
| 7 | 16,494 | 1.6 | 79 | (31) | 0.65 | (0.39) | 14.47 | (4.77) |
| 8+ | 28,413 | 2.8 | 78 | (30) | 0.63 | (0.37) | 14.14 | (4.26) |
| Total | 1,008,190 | 100.0 | 82 | (33) | 0.67 | (0.40) | 13.92 | (5.04) |
Swiss National Cohort, Switzerland 2000
aInformation on rent and size of flats was available for 681,902 (67.6 %) flats