Table 3.
Associations of perceived environmental attributes with walking for transport (main-effects multiple-environmental-predictor models): Chinese-speaking elders (n 484), Hong Kong SAR, China
| NWQ-CS – within-neighbourhood walking | IPAQ-LC – overall walking | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly minutes | Frequency | Weekly minutes | |||||
| exp(β) | 95 % CI | exp(β) | 95 % CI | exp(β) | 95 % CI | exp(β) | 95 % CI | |
| Land-use mix – diversity | 1·19** | 1·03, 1·38 | 1·24** | 1·06, 1·46 | – | – | – | – |
| Land-use mix – access to shops | 1·23** | 1·07, 1·42 | 1·24** | 1·07, 1·44 | 1·05* | 1·01, 1·11 | – | – |
| Access to public transport | – | – | – | – | 1·08** | 1·02, 1·14 | – | – |
| Physical barriers to walking | 1·23*** | 1·12, 1·36 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Infrastructure for walking | 1·28*** | 1·14, 1·46– | – | – | 1·08* | 1·01, 1·15 | – | – |
| Crowdedness | 1·19*** | 1·09, 1·30 | 1·36*** | 1·16, 1·59 | – | 1·13** | 1·04, 1·23 | |
| Easy access of residential entrance | 1·40*** | 1·30, 1·52 | 1·42*** | 1·19, 1·70 | 1·05** | 1·02, 1·08 | 1·13*** | 1·05, 1·21 |
| Sitting facilities | 1·26*** | 1·18, 1·35 | 1·21*** | 1·11, 1·32 | 1·02* | 1·00, 1·03 | 1·10* | 1·01, 1·19 |
NWQ-CS, Neighbourhood Walking Questionnaire – Chinese version for Seniors; IPAQ-LC, Chinese version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire – Long Form; exp(β), antilogarithm of regression coefficient; 95 % CI, antilogarithms of the 95 % CI of the regression coefficient.
The antilogarithms of the regression coefficients represent the proportional increase (if exp(β) > 1·00) or decrease (if exp(β) < 1·00) in average weekly minutes or frequency of transport-related walking associated with a unit increase in a perceived environmental attribute.
*P < 0·05, **P < 0·01, ***P < 0·001.