From: Crowding: risk factor or protective factor for lower respiratory disease in young children?
Items | Cases | Neighbourhood Controls | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |
Type of housing | ||||
Traditional | 209 | 53 | 212 | 63 |
Flat | 35 | 9 | 23 | 7 |
Favela | 121 | 30 | 77 | 23 |
Cortiço | 31 | 8 | 24 | 7 |
Electricity | ||||
Yes | 393 | 99 | 333 | 99 |
No | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Water supply | ||||
piped water | 382 | 97 | 330 | 98 |
public tap | 14 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
Sewerage system | ||||
mains sewers / septic tank | 282 | 71 | 255 | 76 |
Other | 114 | 29 | 81 | 24 |
Toilet | ||||
Family | 274 | 69 | 260 | 77 |
shared / none | 122 | 31 | 76 | 23 |
N° of residents / n° of rooms | ||||
<1.00 | 40 | 10 | 45 | 13 |
1.00 – 1.49 | 134 | 34 | 126 | 38 |
1.50 – 2.49 | 108 | 27 | 98 | 29 |
≥2.50 | 113 | 29 | 67 | 20 |
N° of residents / n° of bedrooms | ||||
<3.00 | 81 | 21 | 71 | 21 |
3.00–3.49 | 91 | 23 | 88 | 26 |
3.50–4.99 | 104 | 26 | 85 | 25 |
≥ 5.00 | 119 | 30 | 92 | 28 |
N° of persons in the child's bedroom | ||||
≤2 | 33 | 8 | 28 | 8 |
3 | 121 | 31 | 119 | 36 |
≥4 | 242 | 61 | 189 | 56 |