Table 1 The Ns, percentages (%), means (Ms), standard deviations (SDs), and correlations (r / rpb) for the four mental health outcomes as a function of residential exposure (Q = quartile), recreational visits and nature connectedness for the analytical sample (n = 16,302).

From: Associations between green/blue spaces and mental health across 18 countries

 

n

%

M

SD

WHO-5

WHO-5 < 28

Depression Meds

Anxiety Meds

M/r

SD

N/rpb

%

N/rpb

%

N/rpb

%

Residential exposure [within 1000 m]

Greenspace [Q1]

4103

25.17

1.36

1.87

58.79

21.55

381

9.29

354

8.63

366

8.92

Greenspace [Q2]

4098

25.14

19.79

9.35

59.73

21.57

352

8.59

362

8.83

389

9.49

Greenspace [Q3]

4071

24.97

62.11

14.44

61.29

21.53

333

8.18

330

8.11

374

9.19

Greenspace [Q4]

4030

24.72

96.85

4.18

60.86

22.17

352

8.73

405

10.05

416

10.32

Inland blue [no]

10,141

62.21

NA

NA

60.27

22.00

897

8.85

872

8.60

962

9.49

Inland blue [yes]

6161

37.79

NA

NA

59.98

21.25

521

8.46

579

9.40

583

9.46

Coastal blue [no]

14,507

88.99

NA

NA

60.04

21.77

1272

8.77

1330

9.17

1410

9.72

Coastal blue [yes]

1795

11.01

NA

NA

61.11

21.35

146

8.13

121

6.74

135

7.52

Recreational visits [last 4 weeks]

Green

NA

NA

12.34

12.85

0.26***

NA

 − 0.12***

NA

 − 0.01

NA

0.03***

NA

Inland blue

NA

NA

6.08

8.95

0.19***

NA

 − 0.08***

NA

0.03*

NA

0.06***

NA

Coastal blue

NA

NA

5.34

10.17

0.18***

NA

 − 0.07***

NA

0.00

NA

0.05***

NA

Nature connectedness

INS

NA

NA

4.14

1.65

0.24***

NA

 − 0.11***

NA

 − 0.04***

NA

 − 0.03***

NA

  1. r Pearson’s correlation, rpb point bi-serial correlation (due to binary outcome); INS = inclusion of nature in self scale.
  2. ***p < 0.001; see Supplementary Table S1 for details of all covariates.