Impact on the Quality of Life When Living Close to a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant

Table 3

Frequency of feelings from the inhabitants close to the WTP, compared to the controls.

Sample characteristics	⁢Cases (235)		⁢Controls (97)		value
		%		%
Mood	126	53.6	60	63.8	0.058
Freq. of having bad mood (>2/week)	54	42.9	17	28.4	<0.05
Angry	135	57.4	52	58.4	0.873
Freq. of being angry (>2/week)	64	47.4	19	36.6	0.05
Tired	154	65.5	67	70.5	0.382
Freq. of being tired (>2/week)	91	59.1	37	57.2	0.904
Sick	36	15.3	19	21.1	0.213
Freq. of being sick (>2/week)	24	68.6	4	22.3	0.001