Table 2.

Association between district-level perceived safety and poor self-rated health among 7761 residents from 25 districts in Seoul, South Korea (2008)

	Unadjusted		Adjusted†
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
District-level perceived safety‡	0.83***	(0.76 to 0.91)	0.87*	(0.78 to 0.97)	0.86**	(0.77 to 0.95)	0.86**	(0.77 to 0.96)
District-level crime rate¶					0.97	(0.93 to 1.01)	0.97	(0.93 to 1.01)
Individual perception of district safety							0.82	(0.65 to 1.04)

*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.

†Adjusted for sex, age, education level, job status, marital status and household income.

‡Aggregated responses towards neighbourhood safety among residents in the same district. The variables were included in the data analysis after standardisation. Higher score means that more people in the district perceive their district safe. ¶Expressed in the total number of crimes in 2008/population in 2008 * 100.