Table 3.

Noise annoyances and impact on various student activities for students domiciled inside versus outside the university

Type of community noise annoyance	Mantel–Haenszel weighted ORa (95% CI)	Chi-square	P value
Traffic noise annoyance
Listening to radio and TV	1.000 (0.723–1.383)	0.007	0.934
Reading and mental tasks	1.080 (0.781–1.493)	0.144	0.704
Personal communication	1.768 (1.307–2.390)	13.258	<0.001
Telephone communication	1.703 (1.252–2.315)	11.031	0.001
Rest disturbance	1.120 (0.822–1.527)	0.408	0.523
Awakening	1.475 (1.092–1.992)	6.029	0.014
Falling asleep	1.279 (0.946–1.729)	2.319	0.128
Construction noise annoyance
Listening to radio and TV	1.118 (0.820–1.524)	0.394	0.530
Reading and mental tasks	1.217 (0.899–1.646)	1.418	0.234
Personal communication	2.006 (1.475–2.730)	19.241	<0.001
Telephone communication	1.993 (1.460–2.720)	18.430	<0.001
Rest disturbance	1.274 (0.945–1.718)	2.289	0.130
Awakening	1.692 (1.251–2.290)	11.169	0.001
Falling asleep	1.551 (1.136–2.117)	7.238	0.007
Recreation noise annoyance
Listening to radio and TV	1.240 (0.901–1.706)	1.524	0.217
Reading and mental tasks	1.269 (0.934–1.724)	2.067	0.150
Personal communication	1.997 (1.471–2.711)	19.180	<0.001
Telephone communication	1.972 (1.447–2.689)	17.971	<0.001
Rest disturbance	1.351 (0.996–1.833)	3.437	0.064
Awakening	1.758 (1.294–2.389)	12.473	<0.001
Falling asleep	1.539 (1.128–2.099)	7.013	0.008
Advertising noise annoyance
Listening to radio and TV	1.396 (1.006–1.937)	3.675	0.055
Reading and mental tasks	1.538 (1.114–2.124)	6.376	0.012
Personal communication	2.228 (1.623–3.058)	24.288	<0.001
Telephone communication	2.151 (1.564–2.958)	21.828	<0.001
Rest disturbance	1.570 (1.144–2.155)	7.355	0.007
Awakening	1.857 (1.360–2.535)	14.803	<0.001
Falling asleep	1.657 (1.206–2.278)	9.275	0.002

^aMantel–Haenszel weighted odds ratio was used because of stratification, as the community noise annoyance variable was trichotomized (not at all + slightly; moderately; very + extremely).