Table 2 The depression scores by participants reported the characteristic of housing environment
Variable categories | Depression score (points) | P value | P for trend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<  5 | 5–9 | ≥ 10 |  | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | Â | Â | |
Exposure to housing environment | ||||||||
 Adequate sunshine | ||||||||
  Yes | 677 | (98.2) | 180 | (91.4) | 46 | (88.5) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
  No | 12 | (1.8) | 17 | (8.6) | 6 | (11.5) |  |  |
 Good ventilated | ||||||||
  Yes | 679 | (98.5) | 186 | (94.4) | 46 | (88.5) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
  No | 10 | (1.5) | 11 | (5.6) | 6 | (11.5) |  |  |
 Living areas (m2) | ||||||||
   ≤ 80 | 209 | (30.3) | 69 | (35.0) | 28 | (53.9) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
   > 80 | 480 | (69.7) | 128 | (65.0) | 24 | (46.1) |  |  |
 Residence times (yr.) | ||||||||
   ≤ 30 | 320 | (46.4) | 65 | (33.0) | 19 | (36.5) | 0.002 | 0.002 |
   > 30 | 369 | (53.6) | 132 | (67.0) | 33 | (63.5) |  |  |
 Working shower | ||||||||
  Yes | 598 | (86.8) | 144 | (73.1) | 45 | (86.5) | < 0.001 | 0.004 |
  No | 91 | (13.2) | 53 | (26.9) | 7 | (13.5) |  |  |
 Living arrangement | ||||||||
  Living alone | 546 | (79.3) | 75 | (38.1) | 13 | (25.0) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
  Living with family or other | 143 | (20.7) | 122 | (61.9) | 39 | (75.0) |  |  |
 Neighborhood communication | ||||||||
  None | 253 | (36.7) | 81 | (41.1) | 29 | (55.8) | 0.018 | 0.008 |
  At least once a week | 436 | (63.3) | 116 | (58.9) | 23 | (44.2) |  |  |
 Life satisfaction | ||||||||
  Yes | 677 | (98.3) | 157 | (79.7) | 26 | (50.0) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
  No | 12 | (1.7) | 40 | (20.3) | 26 | (50.0) |  |  |
 Cognitive and physical function (points) | ||||||||
   ≤ 30 | 567 | (82.3) | 83 | (42.1) | 16 | (30.8) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
   > 30 | 122 | (17.7) | 114 | (57.9) | 36 | (69.2) |  |  |
 Clean and comfortable | ||||||||
  Yes | 685 | (99.4) | 184 | (93.4) | 38 | (73.1) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
  No | 4 | (0.6) | 13 | (6.6) | 14 | (26.9) |  |  |
 Exposure to surrounding housing environment | ||||||||
 Air pollution or noise | ||||||||
  Yes | 65 | (9.4) | 32 | (16.2) | 11 | (21.2) | 0.002 | < 0.001 |
  No | 624 | (90.6) | 165 | (83.8) | 41 | (78.8) |  |  |
 Clean and comfortable | ||||||||
  Yes | 647 | (93.9) | 164 | (83.3) | 43 | (82.7) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
  No | 42 | (6.1) | 33 | (16.7) | 9 | (17.3) |  |  |