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Table 6 Safety, welfare and health

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 (%)

Feeling safe/quite safe in the neighbourhood

1255

96.9

96.0

97.8

Within the last 12 months

    

Had felt personally threatened

33

2.6

1.7

3.5

Residence had been broken into

48

3.7

2.7

4.7

Safety equipment

    

Fire alarm

1273

97.0

96.1

97.9

Fire extinguisher

739

56.3

53.6

59.0

First aid kit

683

52.1

49.4

54.8

Accidents in the neighbourhood

    

Falls/slips

152

11.6

9.9

13.3

Fires

59

4.5

3.4

5.6

Neighbourhood is

    

Accessible

333

26.5

24.1

28.9

Not accessible

245

19.5

17.3

21.7

Perceived health good/quite good

972

75.7

73.4

78.0

Daily symptoms

    

Upper respiratory symptoms

129

11.1

9.4

12.8

Muscular pain

110

9.7

8.1

11.3

Skin symptoms

104

9.3

7.7

10.9

Eye symptoms

105

9.1

7.5

10.7

General symptoms

101

8.8

7.2

10.4

Sleeping problems

85

7.5

6.0

9.0

Lower respiratory symptoms

75

6.7

5.3

8.1

Doctor diagnosed asthma

98

7.7

6.2

9.2

Allergies

    

Hay fever

212

17.8

15.6

20.0

Pet allergy

125

10.9

9.1

12.7

Within the last 12 months

    

At least one episode of respiratory infections

276

22.4

20.1

24.7

Has visited a doctor because of respiratory symptoms

266

21.8

19.5

24.1

Had missed work/school days due to respiratory infections

168

15.0

12.9

17.1