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Table 3 Exposure to violence for caregivers of asthmatic children in three public housing developments in Boston

From: Lung function, asthma symptoms, and quality of life for children in public housing in Boston: a case-series analysis

 

Franklin Hill

West Broadway

Washington Beech

Total

p-value (Wilcoxon rank-sum test)

% afraid of violence in neighborhood

63%

(N = 30)

20%

(N = 20)

43%

(N = 7)

46%

(N = 57)

0.01

% directly impacted by violence in neighborhood

41%

(N = 32)

14%

(N = 22)

0%

(N = 7)

26%

(N = 59)

0.02

% not let children play outside due to violence in neighborhood

60%

(N = 30)

23%

(N = 20)

14%

(N = 7)

41%

(N = 59)

0.009