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Table 5 Adjusted mean differences § in neighborhood characteristics associated with individual and census tract level variables

From: Perceived neighborhood problems: multilevel analysis to evaluate psychometric properties in a Southern adult Brazilian population

Variables

Sum of all problems (both scales)

Neighborhood physical problems

Neighborhood social disorder

Individual level (n = 1,720)

   

Model 1 – Sociodemographic

   

Gender

   

 Male

Ref

Ref

Ref

 Female

0.02 (-0.01,0.05)

0.03 (-0.01,0.06)

0.01 (-0.02,0.05)

Race/Skin color

   

 White

Ref

Ref

Ref

 Brown

-0.03 (-0.11,0.05)

-0.01 (-0.09,0.08)

-0.05 (-0.14,0.04)

 Black

0.02 (-0.14,0.17)

0.03 (-0.13,0.19)

-0.01 (-0.17,0.15)

Age bands (years)

   

 20-29

Ref

Ref

Ref

 30-39

0.04 (-0.01,0.09)

0.04 (-0.01,0.09)

0.04 (-0.03,0.10)

 40-49

0.00 (-0.04,0.04)

-0.01 (-0.05,0.04)

0.01 (-0.05,0.07)

 50-59

-0.07 (-0.11,-0.02)*

-0.08 (-0.13,-0.02)*

-0.06 (-0.12,0.00)

Length of neighborhood residence time

   

 0-5 yrs

Ref

Ref

Ref

 5.01-16.5 yrs

0.08 (0.03,0.12)*

0.03 (-0.02,0.07)

0.14 (0.08,0.20)**

 16.51-59 yrs

0.07 (0.02,0.12)*

0.01 (-0.04,0.06)

0.14 (0.08,0.21)**

ICC

0.24

0.27

0.28

Model 2 - Socioeconomic

   

Family per capita income (R$)

   

 Lower tertile

Ref

Ref

Ref

 Intermediate tertile

0.00 (-0.05,0.05)

0.01 (-0.04,0.06)

-0.02 (-0.08,0.05)

 Higher tertile

-0.02 (-0.07,0.03)

-0.01 (-0.06,0.05)

-0.03 (-0.10,0.03)

Educational attainment (years)

   

 0-4

-0.06 (-0.15,0.03)

-0.08 (-0.17,0.01)

-0.02 (-0.13,0.09)

 5-8

-0.05 (-0.11,0.01)

-0.08 (-0.14,-0.02)*

-0.01 (-0.09,0.07)

 9-11

-0.05 (-0.10,-0.01)*

-0.07 (-0.13,-0.02)*

-0.03 (-0.09,0.02)

 12 and more

Ref

Ref

Ref

Occupational status

   

 Non manual

Ref

Ref

Ref

 Manual

0.02 (-0.03,0.07)

0.03 (-0.02,0.08)

0.00 (-0.05,0.06)

 Others

-0.02 (-0.10,0.05)

-0.02 (-0.10,0.06)

-0.03 (-0.11,0.05)

ICC

0.24

0.28

0.28

Model 3 - Census tract level (n = 63)

   

Income

   

 Lower

Ref

Ref

Ref

 Intermediate

-0.04 (-0.16,0.07)

-0.05 (-0.16,0.06)

-0.03 (-0.18,0.12)

 Higher

-0.14 (-0.24,-0.04)*

-0.17 (-0.27,-0.06)*

-0.10 (-0.24,0.04)

ICC

0.22

0.25

0.27

  1. Florianopolis, Brazil, 2009.
  2. *p 0.05 to 0.001 **p <0.001; § = All analyses were adjusted for sample weights. Ref = Reference, ICC = intraneighborhood correlation.
  3. Model 1: Adjusted by demographic variables (gender, skin color, age, and length of time in neighborhood).
  4. Model 2: Adjusted by demographic (gender, skin color, age, and length of time in neighborhood) and, socioeconomic variables (familiar per capita income, educational attainment and occupational status).
  5. Model 3: Adjusted by demographic (gender, skin color, age, and length of time in neighborhood), socioeconomic (familiar per capita income, educational attainment and occupational status), and census tract variables (per capita familiar income).
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