Patterns of Perceived Indoor Environment in Danish Homes

Stine Kloster (), Anne Marie Kirkegaard, Michael Davidsen, Anne Illemann Christensen, Niss Skov Nielsen, Lars Gunnarsen and Annette Kjær Ersbøll
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Stine Kloster: National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Studiestraede 6, 1455 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Anne Marie Kirkegaard: National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Studiestraede 6, 1455 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Michael Davidsen: National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Studiestraede 6, 1455 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Anne Illemann Christensen: National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Studiestraede 6, 1455 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Niss Skov Nielsen: Department of the Built Environment, Aalborg University, A.C. Meyers Vaenge 15, 2450 Copenhagen SV, Denmark
Lars Gunnarsen: Department of the Built Environment, Aalborg University, A.C. Meyers Vaenge 15, 2450 Copenhagen SV, Denmark
Annette Kjær Ersbøll: National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Studiestraede 6, 1455 Copenhagen K, Denmark

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 18, 1-15

Abstract: The indoor environment is composed of several exposures existing simultaneously. Therefore, it might be useful to combine exposures into common combined measures when used to assess the association with health. The aim of our study was to identify patterns of the perceived indoor environment. Data from the Danish Health and Morbidity Survey in the year 2000 were used. The perceived indoor environment was assessed using a questionnaire (e.g., annoyances from noise, draught, and stuffy air; 13 items in total). Factor analysis was used to explore the structure of relationships between these 13 items. Furthermore, groups of individuals with similar perceived indoor environment were identified using latent class analysis. A total of 16,688 individuals ≥16 years participated. Their median age was 46 years. Four factors were extracted from the factor analysis. The factors were characterized by: (1) a mixture of items, (2) temperature, (3) traffic, and (4) neighbor noise. Moreover, three groups of individuals sharing the same perception of their indoor environment were identified. They were characterized by: a low (n = 14,829), moderate (n = 980), and large number of annoyances (n = 879). Observational studies need to take this correlation and clustering of perceived annoyances into account when studying associations between the indoor environment and health.

Keywords: perceived indoor environment; annoyances; housing condition; environmental epidemiology; clustering; factor analysis; latent class analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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