Table 3.

Ordered logit model: environmental exposure and health outcomes

Independent Variable	Physical Health		Mental Health
	Odds Ratio	P Value	Odds Ratio	P Value
(Intercept):l	45.087	0.000*	26.832	0.000***
(lntercept):2	4.067	0.010**	3.971	0.008 **
(Intercept):3	0.665	0.448	0.528	0.214
(Intercept):4	0.130	0.000***	0.158	0.000***
O3	0.978	0.911	1.265	0.237
NO2	0.471	0.045*	1.155	0.707
SO2	0.897	0.754	0.858	0.660
Temperature	0.968	0.748	0.986	0.890
Humidity	1.080	0.073	0.991	0.840
Male	1.326	0.185	1.055	0.801
Age > 751	0.762	0.193	0.816	0.332
Highest education level: Bachelor's degree2	0.824	0.568	1.149	0.682
Highest education level: Graduate or professional degree2	2.094	0.019*	1.358	0.341
White3	1.650	0.160	1.231	0.558
Black4	1.041	0.919	0.932	0.858
Hispanic5	0.696	0.325	0.605	0.174
Currently employed6	1.170	0.547	0.675	0.127
Travel typically by car7	1.059	0.805	1.093	0.701
Smoke cigarettes, cigars or a pipe regularly8	0.633	0.027 *	0.770	0.207
Have lived at this neighborhood for 25-50 years9	0.664	0.085	1.119	0.633
Have lived at this neighborhood for more than 50 years9	1.402	0.278	1.105	0.749
Physical activity level	0.959	0.252
Social activity level			1.055	0.013 *
Lipsitz Goodness of Fit Test	Statistics = 2.8144	P = 0.971	Statistics = 16.1	P = 0.065
Analytical Sample Size	341		338

^*P <0.05

^**P <0.01

^***P <0.001.

Odds ratio greater than 1 represents positive effects on physical/mental health, odds ratio smaller than 1 represents negative effects.

¹reference category: Age <= 75

²reference category: High school graduate and below

³reference category: Non-White

⁴reference category: Non-Black

⁵reference category: Non-Hispanic

⁶reference category: Currently unemployed

⁷reference category: Travel typically by walking or taking transit such as cab, Uber/Lyft, bus and train

⁸reference category: Do not ever smoke cigarettes, cigars or a pipe regularly

⁹reference category: Have lived at this neighborhood for less than 25 years.