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Table 3 Multiple logistic regression. Adjusted multivariate odds ratios (OR), 95% confidence intervals (CI), and p-tests for risk of poor mental health in 2005

From: Green qualities in the neighbourhood and mental health – results from a longitudinal cohort study in Southern Sweden

  Men Women
  OR CI p OR CI P
Slight financial stress a 1.4 1.0–1.9 0.039 1.3 1.1–1.7 0.015
Severe financial stress a 2.3 1.6–3.4 <0.001 2.0 1.5–2.7 <0.001
Not cohabiting b 1.3 1.0–1.7 0.089 1.0 0.8–1.3 0.67
Born outside Sweden c 2.1 1.5–2.9 <0.001 1.1 0.8–1.5 0.63
Age 1.0 0.98–1.0 0.032 1.0 0.98–0.99 <0.001
Poor mental health 1999 d 4.2 3.2–5.5 <0.0001 3.2 2.6–3.9 <0.001
Access to serene 0.9 0.5–1.6 0.77 0.8 0.5–1.2 0.29
Access to space 1.1 0.7–1.6 0.74 1.1 0.8–1.6 0.54
Access to 1 or more recr values 0.9 0.6–1.2 0.49 0.9 0.7–1.2 0.54
Physical activity       
Little vs sedentary 0.9 0.7–1.3 0.65 1.1 0.8–1.4 0.47
Regular vs sedentary 0.9 0.6–1.4 0.79 0.9 0.6–1.3 0.54
Advanced vs sedentary 0.9 0.5–1.6 0.77 0.2 0.04–0.83 0.027
Interaction variables:       
Access to serene and physically active e 0.3 0.04–2.4 0.25 0.2 0.06–0.9 0.05
Access to space and physically active e 1.0 0.4–2.5 0.96 0.3 0.1–0.9 0.045
Access to 1 or more recr values & physically active e 0.9 0.6–1.4 0.66 0.8 0.6–1.1 0.21
  1. N = 7549 (persons who had moved between the occasions excluded).
  2. a vs no financial stress.
  3. bvs cohabiting.
  4. cvs born in Sweden.
  5. dvs good mental health 1999.
  6. einteraction variable. Reference category: no access to the recreational character and physically inactive.
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