Area-level characteristics Total area - - crimeb Individual characteristics Experience of crime No (0) 982 (89.5) 225 (22.9) Yes (1) Area reputation Good (0) Not very good (1) Gender Male Female Age (years) 20–34 35–64 65–79 Education 1–9 years 10–12 years ≥ 12 years 115 (10.5) 51 (44.3) 416 (37.9) 41 (9.9) 681 (62.1) 235 (34.5) 507 (46.2) 139 (27.4) 214 (19.5) 64 (29.9) 619 (56.4) 166 (26.8) 264 (24.1) 46 (17.4) 427 (38.9) 97 (22.7) 433 (39.5) 131 (30.3) 237 (21.6) 48 (20.3) Country of birth Born in 909 (82.9) 218 (24.0) Sweden Born 188 (17.1) 58 elsewhere (30.9) Household civil status Family 831 (75.8) 197 (23.7) household Single 266 (24.2) 79 household (29.7) Type of housing Small house 453 (41.3) 52 (11.5) Flat 644 (58.7) 224 (34.8) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0.80 1.72** 1 0.95 0.82 0.58–1.09 1.20–2.46 0.68–1.31 0.53–1.27 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.61 2.86*** 1.36 0.87 1.40* 1.20 0.68*** 0.85 1.37* 222 (22.6) 0.82–3.18 49 (42.6) 39 (9.4) 2.13–3.84 232 (34.1) 131 (25.8) 76 (35.5) 0.96–1.92 153 (24.7) 0.51–1.47 42 (15.9) 94 (22.0) 1.01–1.94 129 (29.8) 0.83–1.74 48 (20.3) 0.55–0.84 62 (33.0) 209 (23.0) 168 (20.2) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.27 1.27 1.00 0.77–1.32 0.51*** 0.38–0.70 0.79–2.05 0.69–2.34 218 (22.2) 35 (30.4) 53 (12.7) 200 (29.4) 54 (10.7) 199 (33.7) 55 (25.7) 117 (18.9) 81 (30.7) 115 (26.9) 95 (21.9) 43 (18.1) 204 (22.4) 49 (26.1) 184 (22.1) 69 (25.9) BMC Public Health 2009, 9:221 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/9/221 Table 5: Logistic regression analysis with robust estimates of standard errors for three dimensions of perceived safety Variables Structural indicators of social disorder Contact with disorderly behaviour Existential insecurity N (%) Exposed cases, n (%) Adjusted ORa 95% CI Exposed cases, n (%) Adjusted 95% CI ORa Exposed cases, n (%) Adjusted 95% CI ORa 1.01*** 1.01–1.01 - 1.00 0.99–1.00 - 1.00** 1.00–1.01 1.61* 1.03–2.51 1.42 0.85–2.37 2.91*** 2.12–4.00 2.67*** 1.64–4.35 590 (53.8) 137 (23.2) 0.78** 0.65–0.94 140 (23.7) 0.93 0.79–1.10 4.54*** 3.21–6.43 1.04 0.74–1.47 1.02 0.69–1.51 0.61–1.20 103 (38.7) 1.57*** 1.28–1.94 0.94 0.61–1.47 35 (7.7) 1.01–1.84 236 (36.6) 5.58*** 79 (17.4) 3.06–10.17 174 (27.0) 0.85 0.59–1.23 OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval. *p < 0.05;**p < 0.01;***p < 0.001. aORs are adjusted for all other variables in the table. bTotal mean number of police-reported crimes/1000 inhabitants per year. Page 8 of 11 (page number not for citation purposes)