. 2014 Oct 15;91(6):1158–1174. doi: 10.1007/s11524-014-9911-6

TABLE 4.

Comparison of smoking status, age and time in neighborhood across tertiles for sense of community, city stress index, and neighborhood crime (N = 663)

Sense of Community Scale (SCS) total score (tertiles)
	5.6 or less (lower)	5.7–7.4 (moderate)	7.5 or above (higher)	p value
Current smoker (yes)	39.4 % (99/251)	39.6 % (63/159)	34.4 % (87/253)	0.4161^a
Age	32.7 ± 11.9	36.4 ± 16.1	46.4 ± 18.0	<0.0001^b
Years lived in neighborhood	3.8 ± 4.9	3.9 ± 4.9	7.5 ± 10.1	<0.0001^b
City stress index (SCI) total score (tertiles)
	32.1 or less (lower)	32.2–38.4 (moderate)	38.5 or above (higher)
Current smoker (yes)	28.8 % (91/316)	40.3 % (52/129)	48.6 % (106/218)	<0.0001^a
Age	43.0 ± 19.0	37.2 ± 14.1	33.7 ± 12.1	<0.0001^b
Years lived in neighborhood	5.5 ± 8.3	4.7 ± 6.3	5.0 ± 7.1	0.5268^b
Neighborhood crime level (tertiles)
	Low	Moderate	High
Current smoker (yes)	37.9 % (146/385)	37.2 % (86/231)	36.17 % (17/47)	0.9651^a
Age	38.5 ± 17.4	39.4 ± 15.4	38.4 ± 15.3	0.8017^b
Years lived in neighborhood	4.3 ± 5.6	7.1 ± 10.2	3.1 ± 3.2	<0.0001 ^b

^aHigh versus low; high versus moderate

^bAll comparisons