Table 4 Odd ratios and confidence interval of variables associated with DK for noise in multiple logistic regression analysis

Age group

18-24 (baseline)

1

[0–0]

1

[0–0]

1

[0–0]

25-34 (1)

1.23

[1.00 - 1.52]

1.06

[0.79 - 1.43]

1.59

[1.29 - 1.96]

35-44 (2)

1.87

[1.53 - 2.29]

1.71

[1.28 - 2.28]

2.08

[1.69 - 2.55]

45-54 (3)

2.03

[1.65 - 2.50]

1.90

[1.41 - 2.55]

2.36

[1.92 - 2.91]

55-64 (4)

2.05

[1.65 - 2.54]

2.05

[1.51 - 2.78]

2.19

[1.76 - 2.73]

Gender male (baseline)

1

[0–0]

1

[0–0]

1

[0–0]

Gender female (1)

1.50

[1.33 - 1.69]

1.71

[1.44 - 2.04]

1.64

[1.45 - 1.86]

Education per 10 years

0.82

[0.72 - 0.92]

0.72

[0.60 - 0.86]

0.73

[0.64 - 0.82]

Country NL (baseline)

1

[0–0]

1

[0–0]

1

[0–0]

Country UK (1)

0.99

[0.81 - 1.21]

0.80

[0.61 - 1.06]

0.86

[0.70 - 1.05]

Country DE (2)

1.00

[0.82 - 1.22]

1.07

[0.80 - 1.42]

0.99

[0.81 - 1.21]

Country ES (3)

1.35

[1.09 - 1.68]

1.20

[0.88 - 1.63]

1.34

[1.07 - 1.66]

Country FI (4)

1.12

[0.92 - 1.36]

1.14

[0.86 - 1.51]

1.30

[1.06 - 1.59]

Financial position - not a problem at all (baseline)

1

[0–0]

1

[0–0]

1

[0–0]

FP – not a problem, but have to be careful (1)

0.96

[0.82 - 1.12]

1.10

[0.88 - 1.38]

0.87

[0.74 - 1.02]

FP – with a slight difficulty (2)

1.04

[0.87 - 1.23]

1.14

[0.89 - 1.46]

0.92

[0.78 - 1.10]

FP – with a large difficulty (3)

1.02

[0.81 - 1.28]

1.24

[0.89 - 1.73]

0.87

[0.69 - 1.10]

Household net income: €1000 or less (baseline)

1

[0–0]

1

[0–0]

1

[0–0]

Hh income €1001 to €1500 (1)

0.82

[0.68 - 0.99]

0.68

[0.52 - 0.89]

0.72

[0.60 - 0.87]

Hh income €1501 to €2500 (2)

0.73

[0.60 - 0.89]

0.73

[0.55 - 0.96]

0.68

[0.56 - 0.83]

Hh income €2001 to €3000 (3)

0.68

[0.57 - 0.83]

0.62

[0.47 - 0.82]

0.62

[0.51 - 0.76]

Hh income > €3001 (4)

0.70

[0.58 - 0.85]

0.63

[0.48 - 0.84]

0.57

[0.47 - 0.69]

General health score per 25

1.05

[0.97 - 1.14]

1.03

[0.92 - 1.15]

1.01

[0.94 - 1.10]

Awareness of health effects associated with noise - aware

0.88

[0.77 – 1.00]

0.76

[0.63 - 0.91]

0.84

[0.74 - 0.96]

Environmental concern: Low (baseline)

1

[0–0]

1

[0–0]

1

[0–0]

Environmental concern: Medium (1)

1.31

[1.12 - 1.53]

1.20

[0.96 - 1.50]

1.15

[0.98 - 1.35]

Environmental concern: High (2)

1.00

[0.84 - 1.18]

0.85

[0.67 - 1.09]

0.79

[0.67 - 0.94]

Severe noise concerns – yes (1)

1.21

[1.00 - 1.45]

1.11

[0.85 - 1.44]

1.09

[0.90 - 1.31]

Sensitive to noise – yes

0.83

[0.72 - 0.97]

0.97

[0.79 - 1.20]

0.98

[0.84 - 1.14]

Difficulty to relax in a place with noise - yes

1.06

[0.91 - 1.23]

0.96

[0.78 - 1.18]

0.90

[0.77 - 1.04]

Government doing their best to reduce noise - agree (baseline)

1

[0–0]

1

[0–0]

1

[0–0]

Government doing their best to reduce noise - neutral (1)

1.46

[1.24 - 1.73]

1.26

[0.99 - 1.60]

1.38

[1.16 - 1.64]

Government doing their best to reduce noise - disagree (2)

1.06

[0.90 - 1.24]

0.93

[0.74 - 1.16]

1.06

[0.91 - 1.25]

Policy on noise aimed to improve wellbeing- agree (baseline)

1

[0–0]

1

[0–0]

1

[0–0]

Policy on noise aimed to improve wellbeing neutral (1)

1.14

[0.98 - 1.32]

1.09

[0.89 - 1.35]

1.22

[1.05 - 1.42]

Policy on noise aimed to improve wellbeing disagree (2)

1.02

[0.86 - 1.21]

0.79

[0.62 – 1.00]

0.92

[0.77 - 1.09]

Severe noise annoyance - yes

0.81

[0.65 - 1.01]

0.84

[0.61 - 1.16]

0.84

[0.68 - 1.05]

Severe traffic - yes

0.92

[0.73 - 1.16]

0.87

[0.63 - 1.21]

0.73

[0.58 - 0.93]