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Table 4 Mean number of cigarettes/cigars smoked per day^a

From: Neighbourhood crime and smoking: the role of objective and perceived crime measures

		Model 1^b		Model 2^c		Model 3^d
Police-recorded crime rate	n_cases	Mean	*p-value* ^e(F)	Mean	*p-value*(F)	Mean	*p-value*(F)
All respondents	570		0.02 (3.78)		0.16 (1.84)		0.18 (1.71)
Low	126	13.79		14.27		14.28
Medium	196	13.79		13.93		13.93
High	248	15.79		15.44		15.43
Men	257		0.05 (3.01)		0.09 (2.40)		0.10 (2.31)
Low	63	14.89		15.21		15.26
Medium	83	13.37		13.46		13.46
High	111	16.41		16.16		16.12
Women	303		0.14 (2.02)		0.62 (0.48)		0.66 (0.42)
Low	63	12.69		13.52		13.54
Medium	113	14.10		14.21		14.22
High	137	15.30		14.83		14.81
*Resident-perceived crime*
All respondents	570		0.75 (0.53)		0.75 (0.53)		0.59 (0.62)
Low	147	14.57		14.59		14.74
Medium	117	14.49		14.66		14.70
Medium-high	99	13.73		13.64		13.68
High	207	15.27		15.20		15.06
Men	257		0.44 (0.72)		0.64 (0.59)		0.58 (0.63)
Low	63	14.81		15.02		15.15
Medium	60	14.93		14.86		14.90
Medium-high	43	14.02		13.69		13.66
High	91	15.79		15.85		15.74
Women	303		0.34 (0.80)		0.31 (0.82)		0.21 (0.89)
Low	84	14.39		14.26		14.40
Medium	57	14.02		14.35		14.38
Medium-high	56	13.50		13.48		13.55
High	116	14.86		14.81		14.66

n _casesnumber of cases
^aAmong current smokers only
^bModel 1: Unadjusted (includes smoking and crime rate or perceived crime only)
^cModel 2: Model adjusted for sex, age cohort, SES and employment status
^dModel 3: Model adjusted for sex, age cohort, SES and employment status and perceived neighbourhood crime (for objective crime model) and for objective crime (for perceived crime model); sex-specific models adjusted for these confounders excluding sex
^e p-values < 0.05 are suggestive of a statistically significant difference in mean number of cigarettes smoked daily by individuals across crime categories

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