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J Epidemiol Community Health 61:681-683 doi:10.1136/jech.2006.053553
  • Evidence based public health policy and practice

Greenspace, urbanity and health: relationships in England

Table 1

 Regression coefficients for models predicting standardised rates of poor health in English Lower Super Output Areas

All areas Urban high income Urban low income Suburban high income Suburban low income Rural high income Rural low income
β p Value β p Value β p Value β p Value β p Value β p Value β p Value
Greenspace coefficients in bold are those that demonstrate lower rates of poor health associated with higher levels of greenspace. Those in italics demonstrate higher rates of poor health associated with higher levels of greenspace
Greenspace (%) –0.021 <0.000 –0.05 <0.000 –0.02 <0.000 0.014 0.448 0.044 <0.000 0.032 0.092 –0.06 0.002
Income deprivation 0.243 <0.000
Employment deprivation 0.495 <0.000 0.566 <0.000 0.683 <0.000 0.535 <0.000 0.693 <0.000 0.478 <0.000 0.558 <0.000
Education, skills and training deprivation 0.170 <0.000 0.268 <0.000 0.22 <0.000 0.292 <0.000 0.235 <0.000 0.276 <0.000 0.295 <0.000
Barriers to housing and services 0.006 0.018 0.024 <0.000 0.097 <0.000 –0.09 <0.000 –0.05 <0.000 –0.1 <0.000 –0.07 <0.000
Crime 0.067 <0.000 0.113 <0.000 0.039 <0.000 0.043 0.017 0.021 0.105 0.021 0.266 0.055 0.003
Urbanity –0.028 <0.000
R2 0.8398 0.589 0.684 0.481 0.797 0.405 0.676
No of areas 32482 13873 12512 1661 1490 1833 1113

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