Table 1 Descriptive statistics of all variables

Individual attributes

Activity attributes

Gender (%)

Activity type (%)

 Male

47.10

 Sleeping

6.70

 Female

52.90

 Work

18.10

Age (years) (%)

 Personal or family affairs

41.60

 19–30

19.60

 Shopping, recreation and social activities

22.70

 31–45

50.70

 Travel

10.90

 > 46

29.70

Activity duration (min)

77.2

Education level (%)

Companions (%)

 Senior high school or lower

42.00

 Yes

64.20

 Technical secondary school/ bachelor degree

45.70

 No

35.80

 Master degree or higher

12.30

Activity location type (%)

Hukou (%)

 Home

58.10

 Guangzhou

74.60

 Workplace

18.50

 Non-Guangzhou

25.40

 Others

23.40

Marital status (%)

The timing of activity (%)

 Married

76.10

 8:00

24.80

 Other

23.90

 12:00

25.30

Employment status (%)

 16:00

24.80

 Full-time employment

59.40

 20:00

25.10

 Others

40.60

Personal monthly income (Yuan) (%)

Immediate annoyance and noise

 0–3000

41.30

Nosie annoyance (%)

 3001–6000

32.60

 Having effect

22.20

 > 6,000

26.10

 Having no effect

77.80

Mental health score (%)

Noise level

 < 13

25.40

 \({\mathrm{L}}_{Aeq,48h}\) within two days (dB (A))

51

 13–25

74.60

 \({\mathrm{L}}_{Aeq,T}\) during the activity (dB (A))

55

Physical health score

10.8