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Table 2 Ordinal regression output for variables hypothesized to be associated with a change in rat sightings on respondents’ block of residence during quarantine

From: “I don’t feel safe sitting in my own yard”: Chicago resident experiences with urban rats during a COVID-19 stay-at-home order

Variable

Std. Error

t value

p value

Restaurants within 500 m (log)

0.39

0.11

3.36

1.00 × 10–3

Gender (Male)

−0.02

0.20

− 0.08

0.93

Age (Linear)

0.44

0.43

1.02

0.31

Age (Quadratic)

−0.94

0.37

−2.54

0.01

Age (Cubic)

0.17

0.28

0.60

0.55

Age (^4)

−0.19

0.23

−0.82

0.41

Age (^5)

−0.11

0.19

− 0.57

0.57

Rats sightings 2020 vs previous years (Linear)

2.81

0.52

5.43

5.50 × 10–8

Rats sightings 2020 vs previous years (Quadratic)

0.90

0.39

2.46

0.01

Children in home (Yes)

0.03

0.26

0.34

0.71

Time spent outside per week (Linear)

0.78

0.24

3.21

1.31 × 10–3

Time spent outside per week (Quadratic)

0.25

0.20

1.23

0.22

Time spent outside per week (Cubic)

0.25

0.16

1.57

0.12

Rent or own (Renter)

−0.03

0.26

−0.10

0.92

Housing (large multi-unit)

−0.47

0.31

−1.60

0.09

Housing (small multi-unit)

0.62

0.24

2.89

3.89 × 10–3

Median household income

0.06

0.09

0.69

0.49

Change in rat complaints

0.13

0.17

0.76

0.46

  1. The response categories were “more rats”, “about the same”, “fewer rats”, and “I see no rats here” and the reference category was “more rats”