Environmental hazards and likelihood of mitigation in renter-occupied housing units in Clark County, Nevada

Figures & data

Table 1. Descriptive summary statistics of Complainants from a sample of tenants or landlords of a Private rental occupied unit in Clark County, NV.

Measure	Category	Frequency	%
Gender	Male	164	31.5
	Female	355	68.1
	Other/Missing	2	0.4
Ethnicity	Hispanic/Latino	106	20.3
	Non-Hispanic/Latino	406	77.9
	Other/Missing	9	1.7
Race	Am. Ind./AK Native	4	0.8
	Asian	7	1.3
	Black/African Am.	129	24.8
	White	295	56.6
	Other/Missing	86	16.5
City	Henderson	50	9.6
	Las Vegas	430	82.5
	North Las Vegas	37	7.1
	Other	4	0.8
Complaint Year	2014	172	33.0
	2015	166	31.9
	2016	182	34.9
Number of Complaints	1	355	68.1
	2	125	24.0
	3	30	5.8
	4	9	1.7
	5	1	0.2
Primary Complaint Type	Pest/Animals	131	25.1
	Essential Services	72	13.8
	Mold	205	39.4
	General Maintenance	91	17.5
	Other	21	4.0
Total Complaint Type^1	Pest/Animals	191	26.0
	Essential Services	123	16.7
	Mold	205	27.9
	General Maintenance	171	23.2
	Other	46	6.3
Service Type	Essential Service	67	12.9
	Non-Essential Service	415	79.7
	Both^2	39	7.4

¹Tenants could report multiple complaints, among the 521 respondents, 736 total complaints were made. ²Tenant reported multiple complaints that fell under both service types. *Am. Ind.=American Indian.

Figure 1. Number of complaints (bars) and mean rental occupied unit (ROU) age in years (line) by hazard category from a sample of tenants or landlords of a Private ROU in Clark County, NV.