Do perceived social neighborhood factors explain the association between neighborhood age composition and mental health among Dutch older adults?

Table 3 Association between neighborhood age composition and individual perceptions of neighborhood social factors in older adults (N = 1255)

	Social cohesion^a		Feeling at home^b		Social participation^c
Characteristics	B	95% CI	B	95% CI	OR	95% CI
HHI score^d, homogeneity neighborhood age structure	−0.02	− 0.04; 0.01	0.01	− 0.01; 0.04	0.97	0.92; 1.03
Percentage children (0–14 years), mean (SD)	−0.00	− 0.02; 0.01	−0.01	− 0.03; 0.01	0.99	0.95; 1.02
Percentage adolescents (15–24 year), mean (SD)	−0.02	− 0.04; 0.01	−0.01	− 0.03; 0.02	0.95	0.90; 0.99*
Percentage young adults (25–44 year), mean (SD)	−0.00	− 0.01; 0.01	−0.01	− 0.02; − 0.00*	0.98	0.96; 1.00*
Percentage middle-aged adults (45–65 year), mean (SD)	0.02	0.00; 0.03*	0.00	−0.01; 0.02	1.00	0.97; 1.04
Percentage older adults in neighborhood (65+ year), mean (SD)	0.00	−0.01; 0.01	0.01	0.00; 0.01*	1.02	1.00; 1.04

CI confidence interval, HHI Herfindahl-Hirschman Index. ^a,b Social cohesion and feeling at home represented the factor scores and linear regession analyses were carried out. ^c Reference for social participation is not participating in any organization. A logistic regression analysis was carried out. ^d The HHI is defined as homogeneity of the neighborhood age structure (score from 0 to 100, where a higher score indicates more homogeneity in neighborhood age structure). All models were adjusted for sex, age, marital status, highest attained education, household income, and neighborhood income. * significant at a level of < 0.05

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