Correlates of local safety-related concerns in a Swedish Community: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Structural features of the housing areas studied^a

	Setting Alpha		Setting Beta		Setting Gamma
Variable	Alpha-house	Alpha-flat	Beta-mix	Beta-flat	Gamma-house	Gamma-flat
Total population^b	1423	1918	1857	1680	794	1364
Residents by type of property^a
Blocks of flats (%)	10 (0.7)	1918 (100)	761 (41)	1675 (99.7)	0	1262 (93)
Detached houses (%)	1413 (99.3)	0	1096 (59)	5 (0.3)	794 (100)	97 (7)
Period of construction^a	1966–1975	1966–1970	1951–1960	1966–1970	1971–75	1961–1965
Resident turnover (%)^c	107 (7.5)	363 (18.1)	272 (14.4)	289 (17.4)	45 (5.8)	262 (18.4)
Motor-vehicle density (no./1000 inhabitants)^d	430	270	380	303	464	291
Mean for whole municipality (index 100):
Gainfully employed 20–64 years^e	114	81	102	80	104	85
Disposable income >20 years^e	131	77	95	66	122	75
Housing allowance^f	97	113	79	89	93	100
Social allowance^g	48	109	84	124	27	131
>12 years in school (%)^b	264 (26.1)	126 (9.5)	281 (21.5)	142 (12)	98 (16.9)	98 (9.7)
High-income residents (%)^h	222 (22)	44 (3.3)	202 (15.4)	35 (3)	81 (14)	39 (4)

^aData source: Statistics Sweden.
^bDate 30 September 2005.
^cResidents' turnover 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2005.
^dDate 31 December 2004.
^eINKOPAK, 2004.
^fHousing allowance for families with children (bostadsbidrag) as well as for pensioners (bostadstillägg).
^gThe social allowance should give a reasonable standard of living.
^hHigh income defined as ≥ 300,000 Swedish crowns (SEK)/year in 2004. US$1 = SEK6.6; EUR1 = SEK9.0; date 30 December 2004.

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