The independent associations of recorded crime and perceived safety with physical health in a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of men and women in New Zealand.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We investigated associations of officially recorded crime and perceived neighbourhood safety with physical health, evaluating potential effect modification by gender.

Setting

Nationally representative population-based survey in New Zealand.

Participants

Individual-level data from 6995 New Zealand General Social Survey (2010-2011) participants with complete data on physical health status, perceived neighbourhood safety, sociodemographic characteristics and smoking. Crime rate for each participant's home census was estimated based on data from the New Zealand Police (2008-2010).

Primary outcome measure

The Transformed Physical Composite Score from the SF-12, a physical health summary score based on self-report ranging from 0 to 100.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Lovasi GS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3963098 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature