A Citizen-Science Study Documents Environmental Exposures and Asthma Prevalence in Two Communities

Table 1

Characteristics of survey respondents and their residences.

		Number	Percentage
Demographics	Gender ()
	Female	89	58
	Male	64	42
	Renter/owner ()
	Rent	113	76
	Own	36	24
	Age ()	Median: 47	Range: 21–88
Residence characteristics	Location of residence ()
	Wet area	52	34
	Buffer zone	101	66
	Type of residence ()
	Individual house	81	53
	Basement	24	30
	No basement	55	68
	Unknown basement status	2	2
	Apartment/condo	54	35
	Duplex	5	3
	Townhouse	13	8
	Duration at residence (years) ()	Median: 2.5	Range: <1–84
	Number of people in residence ()	Median: 2	Range: 1–12
Environmental characteristics in residence	Observed mold ()
	Yes	53	35
	No	97	65
	Leaks ()
	Yes	71	46
	No	82	54
	Flooding ()
	Yes, while the participant lived in the residence	19	12
	Yes, before the participant lived in the residence	4	3
	No	130	85
	Mice ()
	Reported mice	15	10
	No reported mice	138	90
	Cockroaches ()
	Yes	51	33
	No	102	67
	Pets ()
	Yes	49	32
	No	104	68
	Smoking inside residence ()
	Yes	59	39
	No	94	61
	Air conditioning use on most days during the summer ()
	Yes	98	64
	No	54	36
	ERMI values ()	Mean: 11.12; Median: 10.9	Range: −1.85–32.02
Reported health characteristics	Self-reported current asthma ()
	Yes	22	14
	No	130	86