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Table 4 Outcome measures for the five surveys (%)

From: Social and health outcomes following upgrades to a national housing standard: a multilevel analysis of a five-wave repeated cross-sectional survey

Outcome measure

2009 (n = 2075)

2011 (n = 2219)

2012 (n = 2015)

2014 (n = 1991)

2016 (n = 1709)

Housing suitability, satisfaction, and quality

Housing considered suitable

73

85

85

86

87

Satisfaction with state of repair

Very satisfied

25

36

34

42

48

Fairly satisfied

37

33

36

32

26

Neither/nor

12

10

9

7

7

Dissatisfied

12

12

11

9

11

Very dissatisfied

11

8

8

8

8

Any building problems

 

59

53

51

57

57

Thermal comfort and household finances

Mean thermal satisfaction (SD)

Scale: 1–5

3.6 (1.3)

3.8 (1.3)

3.8 (1.2)

3.9 (1.3)

4.0 (1.3)

Meeting costs of living in home

Very easy

7

28

27

23

30

Fairly easy

26

35

35

38

29

Neither/nor

29

16

17

15

20

Fairly difficult

23

12

12

16

15

Very difficult

12

7

8

9

5

Difficulties paying bills

 

27

30

30

28

17

Mental, respiratory, and general health

Mean mental health score (SD)

Scale: 0–100

62.2 (23.8)

66.5 (23.8)

67.2 (23.7)

67.3 (23.6)

66.6 (25.12)

Any respiratory symptoms

76

66

60

62

60

Good health

 

41

41

40

41

39

  1. Note: the percentages in the table may not always add up to 100% due to rounding and missing values