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. 2019 Nov 5;74(2):164–172. doi: 10.1136/jech-2019-212286

Table 2.

The associations of housing affordability with physical component summary and mental component summary

Characteristics Physical component summary Mental component summary
β coefficient (95% CI)* P value β coefficient (95% CI)* P value
Housing affordability
 Posthousing residual income
 Fourth quartile (highest housing affordability) Ref. Ref.
 Third quartile −0.64 (−1.80 to 0.51) 0.275 −1.28 (−2.40 to −0.17) 0.024
 Second quartile −2.23 (−3.54 to −0.92) 0.001 −2.35 (−3.59 to −1.11) <0.001
 First quartile (lowest housing affordability) −2.53 (−4.05 to −1.01) 0.001 −3.87 (−5.30 to −2.45) <0.001
Sociodemographic characteristics
 Age (per year increase) −0.13 (−0.17 to −0.10) <0.001 −0.10 (−0.13 to −0.07) <0.001
 Sex
 Male Ref. Ref.
 Female 1.55 (0.67 to 2.44) 0.001 −0.69 (−1.53 to 0.15) 0.108
 Marital status
 Married/cohabit Ref. Ref.
 Single/divorced/separated/widowed −1.24 (−2.13 to −0.34) 0.007 −1.53 (−2.39 to −0.67) <0.001
Socioeconomic factors
 Educational level
 Tertiary or above Ref. Ref.
 Secondary 1.18 (−0.08 to 2.44) 0.066 0.41 (−0.79 to 1.61) 0.506
 Primary or below 0.84 (−0.74 to 2.42) 0.299 −0.11 (−1.62 to 1.40) 0.887
 Housing type
 Public rental housing Ref. Ref.
 Public ownership housing −0.55 (−1.70 to 0.60) 0.346 0.02 (−1.08 to 1.12) 0.974
 Private rental housing 0.19 (−1.20 to 1.58) 0.788 1.21 (−0.11 to 2.53) 0.072
 Private ownership housing −0.56 (−1.76 to 0.64) 0.359 0.33 (−0.79 to 1.45) 0.564
 Living space per capita (per 10 m2 increase) −0.18 (−0.73 to 0.37) 0.522 −0.05 (−0.57 to 0.48) 0.864
 Number of children (per one child increase) −0.41 (−0.94 to 0.11) 0.121 −0.93 (−1.43 to −0.44) <0.001
 Number of adults (per one adult increase) −0.24 (−0.69 to 0.21) 0.290 −0.39 (−0.82 to 0.04) 0.078
Lifestyle factors
 Smoking status
 Non-smoker Ref. Ref.
 Past smoker/current smoker −0.05 (−1.18 to 1.08) 0.933 −0.81 (−1.88 to 0.26) 0.139
 Alcohol drinking
 Non-risky drinker Ref. Ref.
 Risky drinker −0.16 (−2.36 to 2.05) 0.889 −2.87 (−4.96 to −0.77) 0.007
 Physical activities
 Active Ref. Ref.
 Minimally active −0.29 (−1.85 to 1.26) 0.711 0.70 (−0.78 to 2.19) 0.353
 Inactive −2.14 (−3.38 to −0.89) 0.001 −0.25 (−1.44 to 0.94) 0.680

*β coefficients of all listed variables were mutually adjusted in the corresponding models.

CI, Confidence interval.