Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 23.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2018 Jun 9;114:57–63. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.06.003

Table 2:

Adjusted prevalence and prevalence ratios for perceived traffic, crime, and animals as barriers to safe walking among U.S. adults by urban/rural residence and race/ethnicity, NHIS 2015

Traffica Crimeb Animalsc
Urban/rural residence and race/ethnicity % 95% CI APR 95% CI % 95% CI APR 95% CI % 95% CI APR 95% CI
Urban
 White, non-Hispanic 20.0 18.8–21.0 1.00 Referent 10.5 9.7–11.3 1.00 Referent 6.8 6.1–7.4 1.00 Referent
 Black, non-Hispanic 22.5 20.7–24.4 1.13 1.02–1.24 23.1 21.3–25.0 2.21 1.96–2.46 17.1 15.4–18.8 2.52 2.19–2.86
 Hispanic 21.3 19.8–22.9 1.07 0.97–1.17 16.9 15.4–18.4 1.62 1.43–1.81 12.2 11.0–13.4 1.81 1.55–2.06
 Other, non-Hispanic 20.4 18.0–22.9 1.03 0.90–1.16 15.6 13.4–17.8 1.49 1.25–1.72 10.0 8.1–12.0 1.48 1.16–1.80
Rural
 White, non-Hispanic 35.8 33.2–38.4 1.00 Referent 5.1 4.0–6.2 1.00 Referent 13.5 11.9–15.2 1.00 Referent
 Black, non-Hispanic 39.0 30.8–47.2 1.09 0.85–1.33 10.2 6.7–13.7 2.02 1.21–2.82 27.6 21.0–34.3 2.04 1.51–2.57
 Hispanic 34.5 26.2–42.8 0.96 0.71–1.22 6.5 2.8–10.2 1.28 0.50–2.06 12.9 7.4–18.3 0.95 0.54–1.36
 Other, non-Hispanicd 31.5 22.3–40.7 0.88 0.62–1.14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

P-values for tests of interaction between race/ethnicity and urban/rural residence: Traffic p=0.66, Crime p=0.58, Animals p=0.006.

CI: Confidence interval; APR: Adjusted prevalence ratio

All models adjust for sex, age, and education level

a

Participants were asked, “Where you live, does traffic make it unsafe for you to walk?”

b

Participants were asked, “Where you live, does crime make it unsafe for you to walk?”

c

Participants were asked, “Where you live, do dogs or other animals make it unsafe for you to walk?”

d

Values with a relative standard error >30% are suppressed