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Table 2 Predictors of Recreational Noise Exposure

From: Epidemiology of the extent of recreational noise exposure and hearing protection use: cross-sectional survey in a nationally representative UK adult population sample

Independent Variables

B

SE

95% CI

Gender (men = 1; women = 2)

−.31

.03

−.38, −.25*

Age

−.01

.01

−.02, −.01*

Socioeconomic Status (1 = non-manual; 2 = manual)

.04

.03

−.03, .10

Ethnicity (1 = White; 2 = Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic/Prefer not to say)

.28

.07

.14, .42*

Personal Hearing Difficulty

.29

.04

.21, .37*

Family Hearing Difficulty

.10

.04

.03, .17*

Genetic Causal Beliefs

−.04

.02

−.08, −.01*

Behavioral Causal Beliefs

.08

.02

.04, .12*

Hearing Protection Use

.33

.04

.25, .41*

  1. Note. Greater exposure is associated with being a man, being younger, being from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Background, experiencing personal hearing difficulty, having a family history of hearing difficulty, weaker genetic causal beliefs, stronger behavioral causal beliefs and greater hearing protection use
  2. *p < .05