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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Sleep Med. 2014 Nov 11;14(2):169–184. doi: 10.1080/15402002.2014.974180

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for sleep outcomes and covariates, by housing type, AHOME, N=371a

Housing type

Variable Public Housing Section 8 Un-assisted Total F-stat
Sleep outcomes
  Sleep disturbance (mean; range 1–4) 2.10 2.23 2.08 2.13 1.79
  Poor sleep quality 33.33 32.74 28.21 31.54 0.44
  Sleep latency ≥ 3 nights/week 36.88 35.40 33.33 35.31 0.18
  Sleep duration
    Short (≤6.5 hours) 32.62 23.89 34.19 30.46 1.69
    Normal (6.5–8.5 hours) 32.62 42.48 36.75 36.93 1.31
    Long (≥8.5 hours) 34.75 33.63 29.06 32.61 0.51
Covariates
Housing and neighborhood conditions
  Crowded household 18.44 17.70 30.77 22.10 3.78 *
  Neighborhood disorder (mean; range 1–3) 1.98 1.72 1.63 1.79 14.17 *
  Building problems (mean; range 1–3) 2.04 1.64 1.51 1.75 36.13 *
  Extreme neighborhood conditionsb
    No extreme conditions 0.57 0.80 0.86 0.73 17.38 *
    Building problems only 0.09 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.78
    Neighborhood disorder only 0.06 0.08 0.05 0.06 0.45
    Both building and neighborhood 0.29 0.07 0.03 0.14 23.03 *
Health status and health-related behaviors
  Smoking history
    Never 46.10 48.67 58.12 50.67 1.98
    Previous smoker 20.57 20.35 18.80 19.95 0.07
    Current smoker 33.33 30.97 23.08 29.38 1.72
  Obese (body mass index ≥30 [kg/m2]) 51.06 36.28 42.74 43.94 2.85
  Any physical limitations 42.55 43.36 38.46 41.51 0.33
Background characteristics
  Age (mean in years) 47.07 47.12 44.51 46.28 1.24
  Female 73.76 76.99 74.36 74.93 0.19
  Spanish interview 47.52 48.67 61.54 52.29 2.97
  Education
    <High school 53.19 49.56 36.75 46.90 3.74 *
    High school 27.66 30.09 38.46 31.81 1.83
    > High school 19.15 20.35 24.79 21.29 0.65
  Any children in the household age <6 years 24.11 19.47 29.91 24.53 1.71
  N 141.00 113.00 117.00 371.00
*

p ≤ .05

a

All figures are percentages except where noted.

b

Respondents with "extreme" neighborhood disorder and building problems are in the top quintile of each distribution.