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J Epidemiol Community Health 60:587-592 doi:10.1136/jech.2005.043125
  • Evidence based public health policy and practice

Green space, urbanity, and health: how strong is the relation?

Table 6

 Regression analysis for perceived general health by level of urbanity and by age (youth, adults, elderly) modelled as interaction effects and controlled for sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics: parameter and standard error

Perceived general health (good/very good  = 1)
Very strong Strong Moderate Slight Non-urban
*p⩽0.05; **p⩽0.01; ***p⩽0.001.
Youth * % of green space (1 km) 0.006 (0.002)** 0.010 (.002)*** 0.004 (0.002)* 0.006 (0.001) *** 0.002 (0.002)
Adults * % of green space (1 km) 0.002 (0.001) 0.004 (0.001)*** 0.005 (0.001) *** 0.006 (0.001) *** 0.004 (0.002)*
Elderly * % of green space (1 km) 0.006 (0.002)** 0.002 (0.001)* 0.004 (0.001) *** 0.005 (0.001) *** 0.006 (0.002)**
Youth * % of green space (3 km) 0.004 (0.002)* 0.012 (0.002)*** 0.006 (0.002)** 0.006 (0.002)** 0.004 (0.003)
Adults * % of green space (3 km) 0.001 (0.002) 0.007 (0.001)*** 0.007 (0.002) *** 0.007 (0.002)*** 0.006 (0.003)*
Elderly * % of green space (3 m) 0.004 (0.002)* 0.004 (0.002)* 0.005 (0.002)** 0.006 (0.002)** 0.007 (0.003)**

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