Health-related behavior as a mechanism behind the relationship between neighborhood social capital and individual health - a multilevel analysis

Table 1 A descriptive table of individual and collective variables

n_i = 9253., n_j = 672		Range	Mean	S.D.	Valid Percent
Individual level
Self-rated health:	good or better				81.2%
	not good				18.8%
Gender:	woman				55.5%
Age in years		18 - 97	48.9	17.1
Nationality:	Dutch				98.1%
	Non Dutch				1.9%
Education	low				48.8%
	middle				26.5%
	high				24.7%
Having a paid job	Student				4.2%
	Housewives /-men				20.8%
	(Self-) employed				50.4%
	Registered unemployed				1.4%
	Incapable of working				5.5%
	(Invalidity) pensioner				17.7%
Household equivalent income per person /100	Missing category low				6.7%
					32.1%
	middle				33.8%
	high				27.4%
Health-related behavior					31.2%
	Smoker
Smoking status
	Ex-/Never smoker				68.8%
Alcohol intake	(almost) never (0-3 glasses)				57.4%
(glasses per week)	Moderate (4-11)				21.4%
	High (> 11)				21.2%
Sleep duration	≤ 6 hours				19.8%
	7-8 hours				69.5%
	≥ 9 hours				10.8%
Nutrition	1 warm meal/day & ≥ 5x breakfast per day				76.0%
	Less often				24.0%
Physical activity	≥ 5 times per week 30 min.				57.7%
	less often				42.3%
Neighborhood level
Neighborhood social capital		-0.77 - 0.54	-0.08	0.214
Neighborhood social capital change 2002-1998		-0.61 - 0.56	0.08	0.175
Percentage of rich residents (in %)		5 - 54	17.61	7.205
Home maintenance		2-5	3.95	0.388
Urbanity of the municipality		1-5	3.35	1.288

Note: n_j = neighborhood; n_i = individuals; 13.8 people per neighborhood (range 1-277).

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