Table 3 Assocation between the mean number of needs and tenant characteristics
From: The wellbeing needs of social housing tenants in Australia: an exploratory study
Category | Univariate | Multivariate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | RRa (95%CI) | P | RRb (95%CI) | P | |
Age |  | 0.97 (0.96–0.99) | 0.002 | 0.99 (0.97–1.02) | 0.538 |
Gender | |||||
 Male | 8.0 (6.2) |  | 0.287 |  | 0.096 |
 Female | 6.1 (6.3) | 0.77 (0.46–1.25) |  | 0.62 (0.35–1.09) |  |
Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander | |||||
 No | 5.9 (5.9) |  | 0.013 |  | 0.026 |
 Yes | 11.5 (6.8) | 1.96 (1.15–3.51) |  | 1.87 (1.08–3.35) |  |
Employment | |||||
 Unemployed | 8.2 (6.6) |  | 0.015 |  | 0.275 |
 Unable to work (health) | 8.2 (6.5) | 1.00 (0.57–1.76) |  | 1.05 (0.54–2.07) |  |
 Retired | 2.8 (3.7) | 0.34 (0.17–0.67) |  | 0.52 (0.23–1.21) |  |
 Other | 8.0 (7.0) | 0.97 (0.53–1.83) |  | 0.81 (0.42–1.59) |  |
Education | |||||
 Year 12/TAFE/Higher | 8.2 (6.6) |  | 0.385 |  | 0.520 |
 Year 10 | 6.5 (6.6) | 0.79 (0.45–1.42) |  | 0.80 (0.48–1.35) |  |
 Primary/some high school | 5.5 (6.0) | 0.67 (0.38–1.22) |  | 0.72 (0.39–1.36) |  |
Other adults | |||||
 No | 8.0 (6.6) |  | 0.141 |  | 0.239 |
 Yes | 5.5 (6.0) | 0.68 (0.42–1.14) |  | 0.74 (0.45–1.23) |  |
Children | |||||
 No | 6.6 (6.3) |  | 0.279 |  | 0.387 |
 Yes | 8.6 (6.8) | 1.31 (0.81–2.16) |  | 1.35 (0.68–2.64) |  |