From: Mental health in the slums of Dhaka - a geoepidemiological study
Level | Health-determining factor (explained variance) | Original variables (Pearson correlation coefficients) | |
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Neighbourhood Physical environment | Natural environment (4.3%) | ○ Larger amounts of vegetation in 100 m around the households (0.8) | |
○ Longer distances to the nearest major street (0.7) | |||
○ Lesser amounts of surface water in 100 m around the households (-0.6) | |||
Flood non- affectedness (4.1%) | ○ Whether the area was regarded as flood non-affected (0.7) | ||
○ Whether the area was regarded as having a proper drainage system (0.7) | |||
○ Longer distances to the nearest river (0.5) | |||
Household | Physical environment | Housing quality (6.3%) | ○ Better-quality fuel for cooking (0.9) |
○ Owning a gas burner (0.8) | |||
○ Higher monthly rent for the house (0.6) | |||
○ Better construction materials (0.5) | |||
Access to basic services (4.7%) | ○ Owning an electric fan (0.6) | ||
○ Short distance to the nearest river (0.5) | |||
○ Better water supply (0.5) | |||
○ Large distance to the nearest park area | |||
(-0.8) | |||
Sanitation (3.6%) | ○ Better toilet facility (0.7) | ||
○ Better garbage disposal (0.6) | |||
Housing sufficiency (3.6%) | ○ Whether the room was used for other purposes aside from living (0.7) | ||
○ Sufficient light in the house (0.6) | |||
○ Whether the room was regarded as sufficient for one's family (0.5) | |||
Housing durability (3.5%) | ○ Whether the house was considered to be permanent (0.8) | ||
○ Household had a refrigerator (0.7) | |||
Economic environment | Household wealth (4.3%) | ○ Owning a Tape/CD/VCD (0.7) | |
○ Owning a radio (0.6) | |||
○ Owning a TV (0.6) | |||
○ Higher number of rooms (0.5) | |||
Job satisfaction (4%) | ○ Not thinking that the job is harmful to one's health (0.8) | ||
○ Liking one's job (0.7) | |||
○ Fewer working hours per day (-0.4) | |||
Income generation (3.7%) | ○ A large number of family members earning income (0.7) | ||
○ Having a job contract (0.4) | |||
○ Higher monthly family income (0.7) | |||
○ Working more hours a day (0.2) | |||
Social environment | Population density (5.2%) | ○ Higher number of family members (0.8) | |
○ Higher numbers of persons sharing the same meals (0.7) | |||
○ Higher number of persons living in the same room (0.7) | |||
Individual | Smoking behavior (4.8%) | ○ Not smoking cigarettes (0.8) | |
○ Not smoking inside the room (0.8) | |||
○ Small number of family members who smoke (-0.7) | |||
Environmental health knowledge (3.9%) | ○ Thinking that polluted, stagnant water and garbage near one's house could spread disease and increase the risk of poor health (0.8) | ||
○ And that air pollution is bad for one's health(0.6) | |||
Personal health knowledge (3.4%) | ○ Thinking that smoking tobacco is bad for one's health (0.7) | ||
○ And that physical exercise can be good for one's health (0.7) | |||
Community | Original variables were used | ||
member | |||
Using bed net | |||
Education | |||
Married | |||
Migrant | |||
Age | |||
Gender | |||
Disease |