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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Contemp Crim Justice. 2019 Mar 6;35(2):142–160. doi: 10.1177/1043986219832132

Table 4.

Health scales

Street Segment Type
Cold
%
Cool
%
Drug
%
Violent
%
Combined
%
Overall Health Status***
’Very poor/Poor’
2.7 5.5 5.9 7.3 7.3
Quality of Health
’Mostly true/Definitely true’
 You seem to get sick more than other people*** 7.0 11.7 10.4 13.2 16.1
 You often feel worn out*** 27.1 35.5 36.2 38.7 39.3
 You expect your health to get worse 13.6 14.0 17.2 17.9 17.4
 Your health is excellent*** 79.1 69.7 64.3 64.8 63.0
Daily Activities Impacted by Health
’A lot’
 Bathing or dressing yourself *** 0.5 1.5 2.3 2.5 5.0
 Bending down or kneeling *** 3.0 7.6 8.6 9.9 13.7
 Doing housework *** 3.5 5.7 8.4 7.3 10.9
 Carrying groceries*** 3.3 5.1 6.8 7.4 12.4
 Doing strenuous activities *** 8.7 14.1 16.0 16.2 20.6
 Climbing one flight of stairs*** 1.4 5.5 7.1 8.5 12.0
 Climbing several flights of stairs*** 4.6 11.3 16.2 16.3 18.9
 Walking one block*** 1.1 4.1 5.2 5.3 10.1
 Walking several blocks*** 4.6 7.9 10.8 11.3 17.6
 Walking more than a mile*** 6.8 13.5 17.8 16.3 21.9
Physical or emotional health in way of normal social activities*** 3.3 6.2 9.0 9.2 11.8
’All the time/Most of the time’
Physical or emotional health in way of normal work activities** 2.5 6.7 7.6 8.7 9.6
’All the time/Most of the time’
Resident thinks health problems have resulted from living on current block** 4.1 2.6 5.4 5.3 6.6

Notes:

*

p < 0.05

**

p < 0.01

***

p < 0.001