Table 1 Population characteristics by aircraft noise exposure, Belfast, 2011
Low noise < 54 dB % (185, 405) | Moderate noise 54–56.9 dB % (8377) | High noise ≥57 dB % (4750) | P (χ2 test) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poor mental health | No | 90.3 | 89.3 | 87.6 | < 0.001 |
Yes | 9.7 | 10.7 | 12.4 | ||
Sex | Male | 46.5 | 47.9 | 45.8 | 0.026 |
Female | 53.5 | 52.1 | 54.2 | ||
Age (years) | 18–24 | 15.0 | 12.5 | 12.6 | < 0.001 |
25–34 | 19.7 | 27.6 | 25.8 | ||
35–44 | 16.4 | 17.6 | 16.9 | ||
45–54 | 17.5 | 14.4 | 16.5 | ||
55–64 | 12.8 | 10.9 | 12.1 | ||
65–74 | 9.8 | 9.4 | 9.4 | ||
≥75 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 6.8 | ||
Ethnicity | White | 97.0 | 96.7 | 97.5 | < 0.001 |
Non-white | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.5 | ||
Religion | Protestant | 34.7 | 54.4 | 64.0 | < 0.001 |
Catholic | 42.7 | 16.3 | 7.7 | ||
Other | 22.6 | 29.3 | 28.3 | ||
Marital status | Never married | 37.3 | 37.5 | 35.0 | < 0.001 |
Married | 37.7 | 28.7 | 33.6 | ||
Cohabiting | 7.0 | 13.2 | 10.7 | ||
Separated/divorced | 10.5 | 12.7 | 13.6 | ||
Widowed | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.1 | ||
Educational attainment | No qualifications | 30.2 | 35.0 | 40.2 | < 0.001 |
Foundation | 17.6 | 20.5 | 21.5 | ||
5+ GCSEs | 12.1 | 11.3 | 11.5 | ||
A level | 12.5 | 10.0 | 9.0 | ||
Degree | 27.6 | 23.2 | 17.9 | ||
Physical health conditions | 0 | 67.6 | 65.7 | 64.3 | < 0.001 |
1 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 17.4 | ||
2 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.9 | ||
3 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.9 | ||
≥ 4 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
Household car availability | None | 31.5 | 41.0 | 38.6 | < 0.001 |
One | 40.5 | 43.1 | 43.5 | ||
Two or more | 28.1 | 15.9 | 17.9 | ||
Property tenure/capital value | Rented | 30.0 | 44.9 | 47.2 | < 0.001 |
Missing | 11.8 | 14.0 | 9.1 | ||
<£75 k | 8.4 | 8.2 | 9.6 | ||
£75 k-£99 k | 13.7 | 21.1 | 21.3 | ||
£100 k–149 k | 16.3 | 9.4 | 8.9 | ||
£150 k-£199 k | 7.8 | 1.1 | 1.5 | ||
£200 k-£249 k | 4.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||
≥£250 k | 7.7 | 0.6 | 1.5 | ||