Table 3.
Prevalence of barriers to walking among US adults, by select characteristics, 2015 (n=30,811) and 2020 (n=29,636)
| Traffic | Crime | Animals | |||||||
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| Characteristic | 2015 | 2020 | PP | 2015 | 2020 | PP | 2015 | 2020 | PP |
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| Total | 23.6 (22.7, 24.4) | 23.3 (22.4, 24.1) | −0.3 | 12.5 (12.0, 13.1) | 11.2 (10.6, 11.8) | −1.4* | 10.6 (10.0, 11.2) | 9.8 (9.2, 10.5) | −0.8 |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 21.7 (20.6, 22.9) | 21.8 (20.7, 22.8) | 0.0 | 9.9 (9.2, 10.6) | 8.8 (8.1, 9.6) | −1.1* | 8.2 (7.6, 8.9) | 7.7 (7.0, 8.4) | −0.5 |
| Female | 25.3 (24.3, 26.3) | 24.7 (23.6, 25.7) | −0.6 | 15.1 (14.2, 15.9) | 13.4 (12.6, 14.3) | −1.7* | 12.8 (12.1, 13.6) | 11.8 (10.9, 12.8) | −1.0 |
| Age, years | |||||||||
| 18–24 | 20.1 (18.2, 22.1) | 20.5 (18.2, 23.1) | 0.4 | 15.1 (13.3, 17.0) | 13.1 (11.2, 15.2) | −2.0 | 10.1 (8.5, 12.0) | 8.4 (6.6, 10.6) | −1.7 |
| 25–34 | 23.7 (22.0, 25.4) | 23.1 (21.4, 24.9) | −0.5 | 13.8 (12.6, 15.0) | 12.9 (11.5, 14.4) | −0.9 | 10.7 (9.6, 11.9) | 8.4 (7.4, 9.6) | −2.3* |
| 35–44 | 24.3 (22.7, 26.0) | 23.6 (21.9, 25.3) | −0.8 | 12.3 (11.0, 13.7) | 11.4 (10.2, 12.7) | −0.9 | 10.1 (9.1, 11.3) | 11.1 (9.8, 12.5) | 0.9 |
| 45–64 | 24.1 (22.9, 25.4) | 24.2 (23.0, 25.5) | 0.1 | 11.5 (10.7, 12.4) | 10.9 (10.0, 11.8) | −0.6 | 11.1 (10.2, 12.0) | 11.0 (10.1, 11.9) | −0.1 |
| 65+ | 24.1 (22.6, 25.6) | 23.4 (22.1, 24.7) | −0.7 | 11.4 (10.4, 12.5) | 8.2 (7.4, 9.0) | −3.2* | 10.6 (9.7, 11.6) | 8.9 (8.0, 9.8) | −1.7* |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||||
| Black, non-Hispanic | 24.5 (22.7, 26.4) | 25.2 (23.1, 27.5) | 0.7 | 23.6 (21.8, 25.5) | 19.4 (17.4, 21.7) | −4.2* | 18.7 (17.1, 20.4) | 16.5 (14.7, 18.4) | −2.2 |
| Hispanic | 24.3 (22.7, 26.0) | 23.5 (21.6, 25.6) | −0.8 | 19.5 (18.0, 21.0) | 18.7 (17.0, 20.6) | −0.8 | 14.2 (12.9, 15.6) | 14.0 (12.1, 16.2) | −0.2 |
| White, non-Hispanic | 23.7 (22.5, 24.8) | 22.9 (21.9, 23.9) | −0.8 | 8.7 (8.1, 9.3) | 7.1 (6.5, 7.7) | −1.5* | 8.2 (7.6, 8.8) | 7.3 (6.8, 7.9) | −0.8 |
| Other, non-Hispanic | 20.6 (18.3, 23.1) | 22.2 (19.7, 24.9) | 1.6 | 14.2 (12.1, 16.6) | 13.7 (11.8, 15.8) | −0.5 | 11.1 (8.7, 14.1) | 10.1 (7.8, 12.9) | −1.0 |
| Education level | |||||||||
| Less than high school | 29.2 (27.0, 31.4) | 28.9 (26.3, 31.6) | −0.3 | 21.2 (19.4, 23.2) | 20.1 (17.7, 22.9) | −1.1 | 16.9 (15.1, 19.0) | 15.7 (13.5, 18.1) | −1.2 |
| High school graduate | 25.2 (23.6, 26.8) | 26.0 (24.5, 27.5) | 0.8 | 14.6 (13.6, 15.8) | 12.7 (11.6, 14.0) | −1.9* | 11.9 (10.8, 13.0) | 10.8 (9.7, 12.0) | −1.1 |
| Some college | 24.4 (23.1, 25.7) | 23.9 (22.7, 25.2) | −0.4 | 12.3 (11.3, 13.3) | 10.9 (10.0, 12.0) | −1.3 | 11.0 (10.1, 11.9) | 10.3 (9.4, 11.3) | −0.7 |
| College graduate or higher | 19.4 (18.0, 20.8) | 17.7 (16.6, 18.8) | −1.7 | 7.8 (7.0, 8.7) | 7.2 (6.4, 8.1) | −0.6 | 6.9 (6.2, 7.6) | 6.4 (5.7, 7.2) | −0.4 |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; PP, percentage point change (2020–2015).
a
Weighted percentages, age-standardized to the 2000 US standard population except age-specific estimates.
*
Significant change from 2015 to 2020 (P < 0.05).