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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 17.
Published in final edited form as: Health Place. 2011 Jul 18;17(5):1023–1029. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.07.002

Table 3.

Incidence-rate ratios and 95% confidence intervals of predictors of LTPA, without (Model 1) and with (Model 2) area level predictors

Model 1 Model 2
IRR 95% CI IRR 95% CI
Level 1, individuals, n=4107: individual-level predictors, by outcome
Social network
Relative 0.99 0.968 1.008 0.99 0.97 1.01
Friend 1.02 ** 0.998 1.037 1.02 ** 1.00 1.04
Neighbour 1.06 *** 1.023 1.101 1.06 *** 1.02 1.10
Social Support
Care support
None
One or two 1.03 0.880 1.204 1.03 0.885 1.206
More than two 1.11 0.904 1.363 1.12 0.913 1.362
Financial support
None
One or two 0.94 0.814 1.078 0.93 0.809 1.078
More than two 0.91 0.756 1.091 0.91 0.754 1.090
Informational support
None
One or two 0.91 0.782 1.070 0.91 0.783 1.066
More than two 1.07 0.890 1.296 1.07 0.891 1.291
Safety (daytime)
Unsafe
Safe 0.97 0.819 1.153 0.97 0.708 1.337
Safety (night)
Unsafe
Safe 1.06 0.943 1.184 1.06 0.785 1.434
Age
15-24 1.18 ** 1.022 1.373 1.19 ** 1.026 1.378
25-34
35-44 0.90 0.784 1.040 0.90 0.782 1.038
45-54 0.95 0.803 1.131 0.95 0.803 1.132
55-64 0.86 0.694 1.059 0.86 0.696 1.064
>65 0.71 ** 0.535 0.936 0.71 ** 0.534 0.936
Gender
Male
Female 0.75 *** 0.688 0.814 0.75 *** 0.686 0.814
Marital Status
Never married
Currently married 0.89 ** 0.796 1.000 0.89 ** 0.794 1.000
Formerly married 1.08 0.934 1.251 1.08 0.933 1.247
Education level
Primary school 0.85 * 0.707 1.010 0.85 * 0.705 1.014
Secondary school 1.09 0.969 1.235 1.10 0.974 1.242
A-Level or equivalent 1.08 0.953 1.218 1.08 0.956 1.224
Higher education
Personal Income
£0-£399 0.97 0.839 1.131 0.99 0.379 2.565
£400-£1,249
£1,250+ 1.01 0.877 1.170 0.74 0.324 1.689
Job status
Employed
Unpaid housework 0.77 ** 0.626 0.945 0.77 ** 0.621 0.949
Full-time student 0.86 ** 0.749 0.988 0.86 ** 0.745 0.983
Unemployed 0.88 * 0.773 1.012 0.89 ** 0.775 1.016
Retired 0.71 * 0.494 1.009 0.70 ** 0.494 1.004
Disable/Illness 0.43 *** 0.286 0.662 0.43 *** 0.284 0.664
Other 1.03 0.677 1.561 1.03 0.683 1.567

Level 2, areas, n=40: LSOA-level predictors
IMD score 0.99 0.971 1.019
Crime score 0.70 ** 0.663 1.306
Combined living environment indicator 1.02 1.000 1.034
safe1*crime 1.00 0.983 1.017
safe2*crime 1.01 0.991 1.020
income1*IMD 1.00 0.830 1.205
income3*IMD 1.00 0.779 1.272

community random variance 0.31 *** 0.23 ***
rho 0.086 0.065
Explained variance (%) reference 25.81

* p<0.1, ** p<0.05, *** p<0.01