N | Percentage | Asthma | Asthma | |
OR 95% CI | OR 95% CI | |||
Unadjusted | Adjusted | |||
Housing deterioration (one or more of the following) | ||||
Any of the following conditions: frayed electrical wires, mice or rats, broken glass, falling plaster, broken stairs, peeling paint, other hazards | 77 | 4.8 | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.5) | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.4) |
Are there any broken windows or cracked windowpanes? | 111 | 5.9 | ||
Does the housing unit have any open cracks or holes in the walls or ceiling? | 140 | 7.3 | ||
Does the housing unit contain holes in the floor? | 36 | 1.9 | ||
Does the housing unit contain broken plaster or peeling paint? | 173 | 9.0 | ||
Housing disarray (one or more of the following) | ||||
Is the inside of the home dark? | 482 | 24.4 | 1.6 (1.2 to 2.2) | 1.4 (1.0, 1.9) |
Is the inside of the home crowded? | 392 | 19.8 | ||
Are all visible rooms noticeably cluttered? | 442 | 22.6 | ||
Are all visible rooms dirty or not reasonably cleaned? | 421 | 21.4 | ||
Is the house overly noisy—from noise in the house? | 219 | 13.0 | ||
Is the house overly noisy—from noise outside the house? | 93 | 5.5 | ||
Housing hardship (one or more of the following) | ||||
In the past 12 months, has your home been uncomfortably cold for a period of 48 h or more? | 173 | 8.6 | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.6) | 1.1 (0.8, 1.6) |
In the past 12 months, did you ever have no running water for a period of 48 h or more? | 55 | 2.7 | ||
Moving at least twice since the child's first birthday | 309 | 15.4 |
Adjusted for child's age, gender, race/ethnicity, maternal education, marital status, public assistance, mother's use of asthma medication, tobacco exposure and low birth weight.