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Table 1 Summary statistics of the variables

From: Depressive symptoms among Chinese residents: how are the natural, built, and social environments correlated?

 

Proportion

Mean (SD)

Variable

 CES-D score

 

7.28 (9.26)

Natural environment of the neighborhood

 Green space (%)

 

49.73 (27.29)

Built environment of the neighborhood

 Urbanicity (people/km2)

 

29,625.05 (415,537.75)

 Sports facilities (yes, no)

66, 34%

 

Social environment of the neighborhood

 Social trust

 

0.78 (0.12)

 Social reciprocity

 

0.48 (0.23)

 Social group membership

 

0.08 (0.15)

 Gini index of household income

 

0.43 (0.10)

 Security

 

0.91 (0.10)

Covariates at the individual level

 Gender (male, female)

47, 53%

 

 Age (years)

 

44.81 (14.61)

 Marital status

  

  Single, divorced, or widowed

19%

 

  Married – living with spouse

73%

 

  Married – not living with spouse

8%

 

 Educational attainment level

  Primary school or lower

35%

 

  High school

52%

 

  College or higher

13%

 

 Employment (employed, unemployed)

95, 5%

 

 Hukou status (local hukou, non-local hukou)

91, 9%

 

 Smoker (yes, no)

27, 73%

 

 Alcohol use (yes, no)

19, 81%

 

 Medical insurance (yes, no)

90, 10%

 

 Physical health status (good, bad)

90, 10%

 

 Neighbourhood type (urban neighbourhood, rural neighbourhood)

38, 62%

 

 Social trust (trustworthy, not trustworthy)

22, 78%

 

 Social reciprocity (people often help each other, seldom/never)

48, 52%

 

 Social group membership (number of social groups)

 

0.08 (0.37)

 Sense of safety (safe, unsafe)

91, 9%

 

 Average annual household income per household member (CNY)

 

18,010.46 (204,076.28)

 Average annual neighborhood income per neighborhood resident (CNY)

 

17,826.38 (32,388.29)