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Table 4 Physical and biological conditions

From: Evaluating housing quality, health and safety using an Internet-based data collection and response system: a cross-sectional study

 

Respondents

Confidence interval 95%

 

N

%

Lower Bound (%)

Upper Bound (%)

Fresh air intake vents in the bedroom

735

57.3

54.6

60.0

Ventilation enhanced daily by opening the windows

925

73.1

70.7

75.5

Humidifier

67

5.1

3.8

6.4

Air purifier

98

7.5

6.0

9.0

Combustion

    

Fireplace

451

34.4

31.7

37.1

Wood stove

300

22.9

20.6

25.2

Wooden sauna stove

244

18.6

16.4

20.8

Gas stove

44

3.4

2.4

4.4

Severe water damage in the past 12 months

33

2.6

1.7

3.5

Damage repaired by

    

Removing the damaged materials

99

7.5

3.6

11.4

Drying the structures

94

7.2

3.3

11.1

No actions have been taken

26

2.0

-0.1

4.1

Current moisture or mould damage

70

5.3

4.1

6.5

Size of the damage is large

 

0.1 - 0.5

  

Main cause of the damage

    

Inside sources (plumbing leak etc.)

30

2.3

-0.7

5.3

Outside sources (roof leaks etc.)

23

1.8

-0.9

4.5

Cause unknown

29

2.2

-0.7

5.1

Lighting deficiencies

524

39.9

37.2

42.6

Daily noise caused by road traffic

276

22.4

20.1

24.7

Occasional/seasonal noise caused by yard work

330

28.6

26.0

31.2