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. 2015 Dec 12;15:1237. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2590-8

Table 5.

Summary of the linear regression with clustering by SOA on WEMWBS by NIMDM strata

Stratified sample Total NIMDM 1 NIMDM 2 NIMDM 3 NIMDM 4 NIMDM 5 Interaction
Independent variable Ba (95 % CI) pb Ba (95 % CI) pb Ba (95 % CI) pb Ba (95 % CI) pb Ba (95 % CI) pb Ba (95 % CI) pb p value (Indep var * NIMDM)
Constant 40.08 (34.64, 45.51) *** 41.77 (25.68, 57.87) *** 35.39 (23.68, 47.10) *** 36.22 (14.94, 57.51) ** 42.89 (23.50, 62.27) *** 38.62 (28.26, 48.97) ***
Socio-demographic
Gender −0.14 (−1.13,0.85) −0.93 (−4.55, 2.69) −1.40 (−4.01, 1.22) 0.56 (−4.57, 5.68) −0.35 (−2.30, 1.61) −0.09 (−1.84, 1.08)
Age 0.05 (0.01, 0.08) ** 0.13 (0.03, 0.24) * 0.06 (−0.03, 0.16) −0.04 (−0.17, 0.09) 0.01 (−0.09, 0.09) 0.05 (−0.01, 0.08)
Married/ Cohabiting 1.40 (0.28, 2.52) * 1.58 (−2.12, 5.27) 1.49 (−0.69, 3.67) 3.27 (−4.33, 10.86) 3.09 (−0.82, 6.99) 0.47 (−1.48, 1.61)
Accommodation-Own −1.01 (−2.23, 0.21) −1.05 (−3.82, 1.73) −1.65 (−4.49, 1.20) −1.37 (−3.79 1.06) −1.81 (−4.36, 0.74) 0.26 (−3.25, 2.09)
Education to Degree Level 1.48 (0.45, 2.51) ** 3.32 (−0.93, 7.58) 0.83 (−2.79, 4.45) 3.13 (−1.98, 8.24) 1.51 (0.13, 2.90) * 1.29 (−0.33, 2.61)
Unemployed −3.68 (−5.81, −1.55) *** −3.64 (−8.30, 1.02) −4.90 (−8.81, −0.99) * −1.54 (−9.14, 6.06) 1.35 (−6.44, 9.14) −6.43 (−9.53, 0.66) **
Bicycle access −0.60 (−1.75, 0.55) −1.41 (−4.27, 1.45) −1.74 (−6.44, 2.96) −1.03 (−7.99, 5.93) 1.23 (−0.89, 3.35) 0.08 (−0.02, 0.01) **
No. Vehicles −0.03 (−0.62, 0.56) 1.03 (−1.09, 3.15) 0.06 (−1.69, 1.81) −1.45 (−4.14, 1.23) −0.76 (−1.81, 0.30) 0.14 (−0.72, 1.42)
Income −0.04 (−0.32, 0.23) −0.24 (−1.27, 0.79) 0.24 (−0.40, 0.87) −0.39 (−1.39, 0.61) −0.20 (−0.94, 0.53) 0.05 (-0.42, 0.52)
Self-Rated Health
EQ-VAS 0.14 (0.10, 0.17) *** 0.18 (0.08, 0.27) ** 0.16 (0.09, 0.22) *** 0.17 (−0.08, 0.42) 0.10 (0.02, 0.17) * 0.10 (0.06, 0.15) *** *
EQ-5D-3 L 6.19 (3.34, 9.03) *** 4.41 (0.23, 8.59) * 5.95 (−1.68, 13.58) 7.90 (−4.25, 20.06) 8.67 (0.04, 17.31) * 4.22 (−1.23, 6.53)
Health Related Behaviours
Never smoked 056 (−0.64, 1.75) 0.36 (−3.16, 3.87) −1.86 (−4.69, 0.97) 0.31 (−2.46, 3.08) 1.82 (−1.00, 4.63) 1.64 (0.09, 3.11)
Alcohol 0.20 (−0.03, 0.43) 0.07 (−0.64, 0.78) 0.46 (−0.14,1.07) −0.24 (−0.90, 0.42) 0.11 (−0.45, 0.68) 0.06 (−0.33, 0.44)
Social Capital
Local Area Satisfaction −1.06 (−1.65, −0.47) *** −0.73 (−2.81,1.06) −0.78 (−2.01, 0.44) −0.96 (−4.75, 2.84) −1.75 (−2.95, −0.56) ** −1.39 (−3.06, −0.57) *
Local Area Problems −0.07 (−0.22, 0.08) −0.24 (−0.64, 0.16) 0.13 (−0.23, 0.49) 0.18 (−0.49, 0.86) −0.08 (−0.58, 0.42) 0.10 (−0.16, 0.30)
‘Social connections’ −0.37 (−0.60, −0.14) ** −0.42 (−1.09, 0.25) −0.4958 (−1.02, −0.04) −0.28 (−1.37, 0.82) −0.10 (−0.48, 0.28) −0.52 (−0.94, −0.32) *
Trust −0.12 (−0.70, 0.45) −0.17 (−1.32, 0.99) 0.17 (−0.95, 1.30) −0.11 (−3.31, 3.09) −0.04 (−1.95, 1.87) −0.09 (−1.15, 0.65)
Civic Participation −0.53 (−1.49, 0.43) −2.50 (−4.98, −0.03) * −1.59 (−4.61, 1.43) −2.94 (−7.14, 0.26) −1.19 (−3.51, 1.13) 0.60 (−0.83, 2.10) **
Social Participation −0.92 (−1.85, 0.02) −0.72 (−3.69, 2.25) −0.88 (−3.29, 1.52) −2.52 (−6.61, 1.56) −2.08 (−5.12, 0.95) −0.12 (−1.89, 1.02)

PARC: Physical Activity and the Rejuvenation of Connswater

EQ-VAS: Visual Analogue Scale of self-rated health; EQ-5D-3 L: 5 dimension with 3 levels of response [25, 26]

NIMDM: Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure [31]

a Regression coefficients, b Significance level: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001

Coding of dependent variables

WEMWBS: 14 – 70 with increase in score implying better mental well-being

Coding of independent variables

Gender: 1 = male, 2 = female

Age: in years

Married/Cohabiting: 0 = false, 1 = true

Accommodation own: 1 = owner occupied, 2 = other/rent

Education to Degree Level: 0 = false, 1 = true

Unemployed: 0 = false, 1 = true

Bicycle access: 0 false, 1 = true

No. Vehicles: numeric

Income: 9 categories of increasing amount

EQ-VAS: 0 to 100 (higher values imply better health)

EQ-5D-3 L: continuous variable (higher values imply better health)

Never Smoked: 0 = false, 1 = true

Alcohol: ranked categories of frequency from 1 = almost every day to 8 = not at all in the last 12 months

Local Area Satisfaction: scale from 1 = very satisfied to 5 = very dissatisfied

Local Area Problems: summative of 8 Llikert items to a Likert scale 5 – 40 (higher values better)

‘Social connections’: summative of 4 Likert items to a Likert scale of 4 – 20 (lower values better)

Trust: 4 point ordinal scale, 1 = very likely to 4 = not at all likely

Civic Participation: 0 = no, 1 = yes

Social Participation: 0 = no, 1 = yes