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

Table 2 Multilevel logistic regression analyses of neighborhood social capital on five health-related behaviors (Odds Ratios, 95% Confidence Interval in parentheses)

n_i = 9253, n_j = 672	Model 1	Model 2 (ordered)	Model 3 (ordered)	Model 4	Model 5
Dependent variables	Non-smoker^a	Moderate alcohol intake^b	7 or 8 h sleep duration^b	Healthy nutrition pattern^c	≥ 5 times per week 30 min. physical activity^d
Neighborhood social capital	1.54 (1.08/2.19)	0.96 (0.93/1.00)	1.02 (1.00/1.05)	1.27 (0.86/1.86)	2.18 (1.26/3.80)
Neighborhood variance (estimate)	0.026 (0.014)	0.028 (0.019)	0.00 (0.000)	0.036 (0.020)	0.342 (0.049)
ICC, %	0.8	0.01	0.0	1.1	9.4

Note: n_j = neighborhood; n_i = individuals. All models are controlled for individual (age, sex, nationality, and SES) and neighborhood (highest income quintile, urbanity of the municipality, home maintenance in the neighborhood) level characteristics as well as change of neighborhood social capital between 1998 and 2002. ^aReference category: ex- or current smoker. ^bAn ordered logistic regression multi-level analysis was performed. ^cReference category: unhealthy pattern. ^dReference category: less often.

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