The role of social and built environments in predicting self-rated stress: A multilevel analysis in Philadelphia

Tse Chuan Yang; Stephen A. Matthews

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.04.005

The role of social and built environments in predicting self-rated stress: A multilevel analysis in Philadelphia

Tse Chuan Yang
, Stephen A. Matthews

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Abstract

Most studies of the predictors of stress focus on individual characteristics. Linking multiple contextual data sources to an individual-level health survey, we explore the associations of both built and social environment determinants with self-rated stress. At the individual level few social factors were significant predictors, although neighborhood trust and food insecurity have independent effects on stress. At the neighborhood level, the presence of hazardous waste sites and traffic volume were determinants of self-rated stress even after controlling for other individual characteristics. The latter two factors are of relevance to public health policy as they are potentially modifiable.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	803-810
Number of pages	8
Journal	Health and Place
Volume	16
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.04.005
State	Published - Sep 2010

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Sociology and Political Science
Life-span and Life-course Studies

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