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Table 3 Demographic characteristics of the survey respondents and study population in the housing areas studied

From: Correlates of local safety-related concerns in a Swedish Community: a cross-sectional study

 

Setting Alpha

Setting Beta

Setting Gamma

 

Alpha-house

n (%)

Alpha-flat

n (%)

Beta-mix

n (%)

Beta-flat

n (%)

Gamma-house

n (%)

Gamma-flat

n (%)

Gender distribution

      

Respondents

      

   Male

108 (40.1)

101 (42.1)

139 (44.4)

108 (46)

68 (43.0)

77 (44.0)

   Female

141 (52.4)

125 (52.1)

163 (52.1)

111 (47.2)

85 (53.8)

82 (46.9)

   Partial drop-outs: non- respondent gender

20 (7.4)

14 (5.8)

11 (3.5)

16 (6.8)

5 (3.2)

16 (9.1)

   Total

269

240

313

235

158

175

Study population

      

   Male

514 (50.8)

646 (48.9)

632 (48.3)

569 (48.2)

280 (48.2)

507 (51.6)

   Female

497 (49.2)

676 (51.1)

677 (51.7)

611 (51.8)

301 (51.8)

476 (48.4)

   Total

1011

1322

1309

1180

581

983

   p-value

0.035*

0.246

0.480

0.766

0.409

0.461

Age distribution

      

Respondents

      

   20–34 years

21 (7.8)

56 (23.3)

51 (16.3)

59 (25.1)

25 (15.8)

35 (20)

   35–64 years

170 (63.2)

132 (55)

173 (55.3)

98 (41.7)

87 (55.1)

95 (54.3)

   65–79 years

74 (27.5)

50 (20.8)

84 (26.8)

74 (31.5)

45 (28.5)

40 (22.9)

   Partial drop-outs: non-respondent age

4 (1.5)

2 (0.8)

5 (1.6)

4 (1.7)

1 (0.6)

5 (2.9)

   Total

269

240

313

235

158

175

Study population

      

   20–34 years

131 (13)

406 (30.7)

321 (24.5)

362 (30.7)

97 (16.7)

280 (28.5)

   35–64 years

654 (64.7)

695 (52.6)

712 (54.4)

529 (44.8)

328 (56.5)

515 (52.4)

   65–79 years

226 (22.4)

221 (16.7)

276 (21.1)

289 (24.5)

156 (26.9)

188 (19.1)

   Total

1011

1322

1309

1180

581

983

   p-value

0.027*

0.051

0.004**

0.044*

0.897

0.08

Country of birth

      

Respondents

      

   Born in Sweden

253 (94.1)

165 (68.8)

283 (90.4)

186 (79.1)

136 (86.1)

115 (65.7)

   Born elsewhere

15 (5.6)

75 (31.3)

30 (9.6)

48 (20.4)

20 (12.7)

56 (32)

   Partial drop-outs: non-respondent country of birth

1 (0.4)

0

0

1 (0.4)

2 (1.3)

4 (2.3)

   Total

269

240

313

235

158

175

Study population

      

   Born in Sweden

939 (92.9)

870 (65.8)

1188 (90.8)

891 (75.5)

503 (86.6)

612 (62.3)

   Born elsewhere

72 (7.1)

452 (34.2)

121 (9.2)

289 (24.5)

78 (13.4)

371 (37.7)

   Total

1011

1322

1309

1180

581

983

   p-value

0.378

0.375

0.852

0.192

0.843

0.212

Years in school

      

Respondents

      

   1–9 years

82 (30.5)

98 (40.8)

88 (28.1)

94 (40)

55 (34.89)

71 (40.6)

   10–12 years

78 (29)

74 (30.8)

106 (33.9)

76 (32.3)

62 (39.2)

63 (36)

   ≥ 12 years

71 (26.4)

26 (10.8)

82 (26.2)

31 (13.2)

26 (16.5)

19 (10.9)

   Partial drop-outs: non-respondent years in school

38 (14.1)

42 (17.5)

37 (11.8)

34 (14.5)

15 (9.5)

22 (12.6)

   Total

269

240

313

235

158

175

Study population

      

   1–9 years

266 (26.3)

564 (42.7)

365 (27.9)

505 (42.8)

171 (29.4)

438 (44.6)

   10–12 years

481 (47.6)

632 (47.8)

663 (50.6)

533 (45.2)

312 (53.7)

447 (45.5)

   ≥ 12 years

264 (26.1)

126 (9.5)

281 (21.5)

142 (12)

98 (16.9)

98 (10)

   Total

1011

1322

1309

1180

581

983

   p-value

0.001**

0.017*

0.001**

0.116

0.064

0.493

No. of questionnaires delivered (N = 2510)

413

518

514

443

231

391

Drop-out on account of deceased or moved (N = 34)

      

Respondent rate (N = 1390, 56.1%)

269 (65.1)

240 (46.3)

313 (60.9)

235 (53)

158 (68.4)

175 (44.8)

  1. *χ2 test significant at p < 0.05. **χ2 test significant at p < 0.01.