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A total of 1,357 respondents (564 males and 793 females, 33.56 ± 9.21 years) were involved. The respondents with college level or above accounted for 94.6%. As to marital status, the proportion of respondents being married was 64%; 72.8% of respondents had the annual household income which was over RMB 100,000 yuan; 53.8% of respondents had lived in the aera for more than 5 years; most of respondents lived in new integrated communities (46.7%) and traditional neighborhood communities (30%); 52.3% of respondents participated in regular physical activities (Table 1).
Variables Total, n (%) SRH status, n (%) χ2 P Low-score group High-score group Age (years old) < 25 66 (11.7) 66 (29.0) 154 (71.0) 41.306 < 0.001 25–35 296 (52.5) 169 (23.3) 557 (76.7) 35–45 130 (23.0) 94 (34.3) 180 (65.7) > 45 72 (12.8) 68 (48.6) 72 (51.4) Gender Male 564 (41.6) 144 (25.5) 420 (74.5) 5.747 0.017 Female 793 (58.4) 250 (31.5) 543 (68.5) Education level High school or below 73 (5.4) 27 (37.0) 46 (63.0) 3.147 0.207 College 1,044 (76.9) 304 (29.1) 740 (70.9) Master or higher 240 (17.7) 63 (26.3) 177 (73.8) Annual household income (RMB) < 100,000 369 (27.2) 122 (33.1) 247 (66.9) 6.063 0.109 100,000–200,000 475 (35.0) 132 (27.8) 343 (72.2) 200,000–300,000 281 (20.7) 84 (29.9) 197 (70.1) > 300,000 232 (17.1) 56 (24.1) 176 (75.9) Marital status Unmarried 488 (36.0) 144 (29.5) 344 (70.5) 0.083 0.773 Married 869 (64.0) 250 (28.8) 619 (71.2) Occupation Retiree/the unemployed 143 (10.5) 46 (32.2) 97 (67.8) 7.594 0.055 Company employee 614 (45.2) 157 (25.6) 457 (74.4) laborer 394 (29.0) 120 (30.5) 274 (69.5) Professional and technical personnel/ government personnel 206 (15.2) 71 (34.5) 135 (65.5) Residential region Urban fringe community 82 (6.0) 35 (42.7) 47 (57.3) 15.551 0.001 Traditional neighborhood community 407 (30.0) 135 (33.2) 272 (66.8) Unit community 234 (17.2) 64 (27.4) 170 (72.6) Commercial comprehensive community 634 (46.7) 160 (25.2) 474 (74.8) Length of residence (years) < 5 626 (46.2) 190 (30.4) 436 (69.6) 1.087 0.581 5–10 230 (17.0) 63 (27.4) 167 (72.6) > 10 500 (36.9) 140 (28.0) 360 (72.0) Regular physical activity No 647 (47.7) 309 (47.8) 338 (52.2) 210.413 < 0.001 Yes 710 (52.3) 85 (12.0) 625 (88.0) Note. SRH, self-rated health. Table 1. Demographic characteristics of respondents
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The analysis results showed that there were no residents reported "very unhealthy", 33 (2.4%) residents reported "unhealthy" and 361 (26.6%) reported "general". The residents reported "healthy" and "very healthy" accounted for 46.4% and 24.5, respectively. After grouping the answers into two groups ("high-score group" and "low-score group"), 71% of respondents were in high-score group, while, 29% of them were in low-score group.
According to χ2 test results, age, gender, occupation, type of community and regular physical exercise showed significant differences between high-score group and low-score group of SRH status of residents (Table 1).
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χ2 test results showed that the 22 items, such as adequate public fitness facilities, enough green space and night lighting, displayed significant differences between high-score group and low-score group on the SRH status of residents (Table 2).
Variables SRH status, n (%) χ2 P Low-score group High-score group Adequate public fitness facilities No 198 (50.3) 349 (36.2) 22.818 < 0.001 Yes 196 (49.7) 614 (63.8) Enough green space No 193 (49.0) 314 (32.6) 32.049 < 0.001 Yes 201 (51.0) 649 (67.4) Enough night lighting No 130 (33.0) 216 (22.4) 16.429 < 0.001 Yes 264 (67.0) 747 (77.6) Enough public toilets No 296 (75.1) 578 (60.0) 27.832 < 0.001 Yes 98 (24.9) 385 (40.0) Enough health trails No 255 (67.4) 418 (43.4) 50.815 < 0.001 Yes 139 (35.3) 545 (56.6) Enough garbage classification facilities No 99 (25.1) 164 (17.0) 11.732 0.001 Yes 295 (74.9) 799 (83.0) Enough propaganda on garbage classification No 264 (67.0) 497 (51.6) 26.907 < 0.001 Yes 130 (33.0) 466 (48.4) Enough "No Smoking" signs in public places No 106 (26.9) 172 (17.9) 14.036 0.000 Yes 288 (73.1) 791 (82.1) Enough propaganda on smoking ban No 260 (66.0) 488 (50.7) 26.510 < 0.001 Yes 134 (34.0) 475 (49.3) Ennough propaganda on vaccination No 279 (70.8) 524 (54.4) 31.125 < 0.001 Yes 115 (29.2) 439 (45.6) Enough propaganda on unpaid blood donation No 273 (69.3) 563 (58.5) 13.855 < 0.001 Yes 121 (30.7) 400 (41.5) Enough propaganda on healthy diet No 324 (82.2) 668 (69.4) 23.542 < 0.001 Yes 70 (17.8) 295 (30.6) Enough propaganda on personal hygiene No 217 (55.1) 405 (42.1) 19.092 0.000 Yes 177 (44.9) 558 (57.9) Enough propaganda on vector prevention and treatment No 291 (73.9) 594 (61.7) 18.273 < 0.001 Yes 103 (26.1) 369 (38.3) Household garbage in community cleared every day No 141 (35.8) 245 (25.4) 14.703 < 0.001 Yes 253 (64.2) 718 (74.6) Clean and hygienic community environment No 221 (56.1) 337 (35.0) 51.398 < 0.001 Yes 173 (43.9) 626 (65.0) Good air quality No 195 (49.6) 419 (43.5) 4.039 0.044 Yes 199 (50.5) 544 (56.5) Confidence in drinking water safety No 166 (42.1) 209 (21.7) 58.352 0.000 Yes 228 (57.9) 754 (78.3) Confidence in food safety No 169 (42.9) 235 (24.4) 45.722 < 0.001 Yes 225 (57.1) 728 (75.6) Clean and hygiene pedlars' markets No 155 (39.3) 310 (32.2) 6.344 0.012 Yes 239 (60.7) 653 (67.8) Standard management of city peddlers No 174 (44.2) 322 (33.4) 13.869 < 0.001 Yes 220 (55.8) 641 (66.6) Good services from community health service centers No 281 (71.3) 531 (55.1) 30.457 < 0.001 Yes 113 (28.7) 432 (44.9) Note. SRH, self-rated health. Table 2. Correlation between built environment and SRH status
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Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to identify the influencing factors of SRH status, with the factors statistically related to the dependent variable in the univariate analysis as the independent variables.
The results showed that the residents aged 25 years old and below had a higher SRH compared with the residents aged 36–45 years old (OR = 0.546, 95% CI: 0.351–0.851 ) and 46 years old above (OR = 0.295, 95% CI: 0.175–0.497).
Women had a lower SRH than men (OR = 0.680, 95% CI: 0.514–0.900). In addition, the SRH status of the residents living in commercial comprehensive community was higher than that living in urban fringe community (OR = 2.019, 95% CI: 1.177–3.464). Moreover, the residents who regularly participated in physical exercise had a higher SRH status than those who without regular physical exercise (OR = 6.589, 95% CI: 4.903–8.854). Additionally, the respondents with enough green space (OR = 1.395, 95% CI: 1.055–1.845), clean and hygienic community environment (OR = 1.472, 95% CI: 1.107–1.956), confidence in drinking water safety (OR = 1.856, 95% CI: 1.354–2.544) and food safety (OR = 1.405, 95% CI: 1.027–1.921) were detected a higher SRH status (Table 3).
Variables β SD Wald χ2 P OR 95% CI Influencing factors Enough green space 0.333 0.143 5.446 0.020 1.395 1.055–1.845 Clean and hygienic community environment 0.386 0.145 7.081 0.008 1.472 1.107–1.956 Confidence in Drinking water safety 0.618 0.161 14.771 0.000 1.856 1.354–2.544 Confidence in food safety 0.340 0.160 4.531 0.033 1.405 1.027–1.921 Control variables 36−45 years old −0.605 0.226 7.162 0.007 0.546 0.351–0.851 ≥ 46 years old −1.222 0.266 21.066 0.000 0.295 0.175–0.497 Female −0.385 0.143 7.251 0.007 0.680 0.514–0.900 Commercial comprehensive community 0.703 0.275 6.517 0.011 2.019 1.177–3.464 Regular exercise 1.885 0.151 156.306 0.000 6.589 4.903–8.854 Note. Confounding varaibles: age, gender, education level, annual household income, marital status, occupation, residential region, and regular physical exercise. SRH, self-rated health. Table 3. Multivariate logistic regression analysis on influencing factors of SRH status
Influence of Built Environment in Hygienic City in China on Self-rated Health of Residents
doi: 10.3967/bes2022.142
- Received Date: 2022-01-22
- Accepted Date: 2022-05-05
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Key words:
- Hygienic city /
- Built environment /
- Self-rated health
Abstract:
Citation: | ZHENG Wen Jing, QI Xiao, YAO Hong Yan, LIU Jian Jun, YU Shi Cheng, ZHANG Tao. Influence of Built Environment in Hygienic City in China on Self-rated Health of Residents[J]. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, 2022, 35(12): 1126-1132. doi: 10.3967/bes2022.142 |