Research Article

Streets Apart: Does Social Capital Vary with Neighbourhood Design?

Table 4

Ordinal odds ratios associating incivilities with suburb design.


UpkeepCivil obedienceIllicit drug use
Suburb Adjusted OR*P valueAdjusted ORaP valueAdjusted OR*P value

Hybridb1.001.001.00
Conventional 0.14 (0.08–0.25)<0.0010.40 (0.24–0.66)<0.0010.40 (0.24–0.66)<0.001
Traditional 0.92 (0.49–1.69)0.7770.51 (0.28–0.93)0.0290.65 (0.36–1.20) 0.170

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