Table 5 Logistic regression analysis with robust estimates of standard errors for three dimensions of perceived safety
From: Correlates of local safety-related concerns in a Swedish Community: a cross-sectional study
Variables | Â | Structural indicators of social disorder | Contact with disorderly behaviour | Existential insecurity | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | N (%) | Exposed cases, n (%) | Adjusted ORa | 95% CI | Exposed cases, n (%) | Adjusted ORa | 95% CI | Exposed cases, n (%) | Adjusted ORa | 95% CI |
Area-level characteristics | ||||||||||
Total area crimeb | - | - | 1.01*** | 1.01–1.01 | - | 1.00 | 0.99–1.00 | - | 1.00** | 1.00–1.01 |
Individual characteristics | ||||||||||
Experience of crime | ||||||||||
   No (0) | 982 (89.5) | 225 (22.9) | 1 |  | 222 (22.6) | 1 |  | 218 (22.2) | 1 |  |
   Yes (1) | 115 (10.5) | 51 (44.3) | 1.61 | 0.82–3.18 | 49 (42.6) | 1.61* | 1.03–2.51 | 35 (30.4) | 1.42 | 0.85–2.37 |
Area reputation | ||||||||||
   Good (0) | 416 (37.9) | 41 (9.9) | 1 |  | 39 (9.4) | 1 |  | 53 (12.7) | 1 |  |
Not very good (1) | 681 (62.1) | 235 (34.5) | 2.86*** | 2.13–3.84 | 232 (34.1) | 2.91*** | 2.12–4.00 | 200 (29.4) | 2.67*** | 1.64–4.35 |
Gender | ||||||||||
   Male | 507 (46.2) | 139 (27.4) | 1 |  | 131 (25.8) | 1 |  | 54 (10.7) | 1 |  |
   Female | 590 (53.8) | 137 (23.2) | 0.78** | 0.65–0.94 | 140 (23.7) | 0.93 | 0.79–1.10 | 199 (33.7) | 4.54*** | 3.21–6.43 |
Age (years) | ||||||||||
   20–34 | 214 (19.5) | 64 (29.9) | 1 |  | 76 (35.5) | 1 |  | 55 (25.7) | 1 |  |
   35–64 | 619 (56.4) | 166 (26.8) | 1.36 | 0.96–1.92 | 153 (24.7) | 1.00 | 0.77–1.32 | 117 (18.9) | 0.80 | 0.58–1.09 |
   65–79 | 264 (24.1) | 46 (17.4) | 0.87 | 0.51–1.47 | 42 (15.9) | 0.51*** | 0.38–0.70 | 81 (30.7) | 1.72** | 1.20–2.46 |
Education | ||||||||||
   1–9 years | 427 (38.9) | 97 (22.7) | 1 |  | 94 (22.0) | 1 |  | 115 (26.9) | 1 |  |
   10–12 years | 433 (39.5) | 131 (30.3) | 1.40* | 1.01–1.94 | 129 (29.8) | 1.27 | 0.79–2.05 | 95 (21.9) | 0.95 | 0.68–1.31 |
   ≥ 12 years | 237 (21.6) | 48 (20.3) | 1.20 | 0.83–1.74 | 48 (20.3) | 1.27 | 0.69–2.34 | 43 (18.1) | 0.82 | 0.53–1.27 |
Country of birth | ||||||||||
   Born in Sweden | 909 (82.9) | 218 (24.0) | 1 |  | 209 (23.0) | 1 |  | 204 (22.4) | 1 |  |
   Born elsewhere | 188 (17.1) | 58 (30.9) | 0.68*** | 0.55–0.84 | 62 (33.0) | 1.04 | 0.74–1.47 | 49 (26.1) | 1.02 | 0.69–1.51 |
Household civil status | ||||||||||
   Family household | 831 (75.8) | 197 (23.7) | 1 |  | 168 (20.2) | 1 |  | 184 (22.1) | 1 |  |
   Single household | 266 (24.2) | 79 (29.7) | 0.85 | 0.61–1.20 | 103 (38.7) | 1.57*** | 1.28–1.94 | 69 (25.9) | 0.94 | 0.61–1.47 |
Type of housing | ||||||||||
   Small house | 453 (41.3) | 52 (11.5) | 1 |  | 35 (7.7) | 1 |  | 79 (17.4) | 1 |  |
   Flat | 644 (58.7) | 224 (34.8) | 1.37* | 1.01–1.84 | 236 (36.6) | 5.58*** | 3.06–10.17 | 174 (27.0) | 0.85 | 0.59–1.23 |