Streets Apart: Does Social Capital Vary with Neighbourhood Design?

Table 3

Ordinal odds ratios associating social capital, adequacy of facilities, and safety with suburb design.

	Suburb design	Adjusted OR^a	P value
Social capital	Hybrid^b	1.00
	Conventional	2.29 (1.39–3.78)	0.001
	Traditional	1.86 (1.02–3.40)	0.044
Perceived adequacy of facilities	Hybrid^b	1.00
	Conventional	1.83 (1.12–2.99)	0.015
	Traditional	1.46 (0.81–2.64)	0.210
Feelings of safety	Hybrid^b	1.00
	Conventional	4.63 (2.74–7.81)	<0.001
	Traditional	2.15 (1.68–3.96)	0.014

^aAdjusted for age, gender, education, children living at home, type of dwelling, and years in suburb. ^bReference suburb.