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Table 2 Association between green space area (m 2 ) and neighbourhood socioeconomic circumstances, adjusting for city and population density: Negative binomial regression with robust standard errors, using total neighbourhood area (m 2 ) as an offset

From: Do low-income neighbourhoods have the least green space? A cross-sectional study of Australia’s most populous cities

 

Model 1

Model 2

Incidence rate ratio (95% Confidence interval)

City (ref: Sydney)

  

  Melbourne

0.73 (0.67, 0.80)***

0.75 (0.68, 0.81)***

  Brisbane

0.84 (0.77, 0.93)***

0.85 (0.77, 0.93)***

  Perth

0.94 (0.86, 1.04)

0.96 (0.87, 1.05)

  Adelaide

0.73 (0.63, 0.84)***

0.75 (0.66, 0.87)***

Population density (logged)

0.87 (0.84, 0.89)***

0.87 (0.85, 0.89)***

Percentage low income householdsa (ref: 0%)

  

  1 – 4%

 

0.97 (0.92, 1.02)

  5 – 9%

 

0.88 (0.84, 0.94)***

  10 – 19%

 

0.80 (0.75, 0.85)***

  20%+

 

0.82 (0.75, 0.89)***

  1. alow income household is defined as having a household income < $21,000 in the 2011 Australian census.
  2. *** p < 0.001; ** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05.
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