Table 2

The relationship between neighbourhood fear and time to death among all respondents in the GSS-NDI 1978–2008 (n=20 297)

All respondents n=20 297
CrudeAdjusted
HR95% CIHR95% CI
Fear
 No (reference)1.001.00
 Yes1.14(1.07 to 1.20)1.06(0.99 to 1.13)
Sex
 Male (reference)1.00
 Female0.68(0.62 to 0.74)
Race
 White (reference)1.00
 Black1.32(1.19 to 1.47)
 Other1.00(0.82 to 1.23)
Education
 Less than high school (reference)1.00
 High school0.89(0.85 to 0.93)
 Junior college0.90(0.80 to 1.02)
 Bachelor’s degree0.80(0.72 to 0.89)
 Graduate0.87(0.79 to 0.95)
Religion
 None (reference)1.00
 Protestant1.04(0.92 to 1.17)
 Catholic0.95(0.81 to 1.10)
 Jewish0.85(0.70 to 1.03)
 Other0.83(0.67 to 1.01)
 Eastern0.38(0.08 to 1.79)
Age, years
 18–20 (reference)1.00
 21–301.22(0.90 to 1.67)
 31–402.03(1.49 to 2.76)
 41–503.27(2.26 to 4.74)
 51–605.36(3.99 to 7.19)
 61–708.75(6.20 to 12.36)
 71–8013.99(9.87 to 19.83)
 >8018.94(12.40 to 28.92)
Household income
 Low (reference)1.00
 Medium0.93(0.85 to 1.00)
 High0.81(0.77 to 0.86)
 Missing0.99(0.88 to 1.10)
Marital status
 Married (reference)1.00
 Divorced0.96(0.90 to 1.03)
 Separated1.06(0.92 to1.23)
 Widowed1.18(1.07 to 1.29)
 Single1.00(0.93 to 1.07)
Region
 New England (reference)1.00
 Mid-Atlantic1.11(1.09 to 1.12)
 East North Central1.14(1.12 to 1.17)
 West North Central1.00(0.99 to 1.02)
 South Atlantic1.13(1.08 to 1.17)
 East South Central1.07(1.03 to 1.21)
 West South Central1.11(1.07 to 1.16)
 Mountain0.97(0.95 to 1.00)
 Pacific1.15(1.12 to 1.18)
Setting
 Rural (reference)1.00
 Suburban1.07(1.00 to 1.14)
 Urban1.02(0.96 to 1.09)
 Cohort
 1980s (reference)1.00
 1990s0.97(0.91 to 1.04)
  • GSS, General Social Survey; NDI, National Death Index.