Table 2.
Gender Differences in Perceptions of the Physical Environment
| Male | Female | |||||
| Number | % | Number | % | χ2 | (df, n) | |
| Shops | 4.30* | 1, 1205 | ||||
| Disagree | 202 | 33.8 | 240 | 39.5 | ||
| Agree | 396 | 66.2 | 367 | 60.5 | ||
| Transit stop | 2.09 | 1, 1178 | ||||
| Disagree | 199 | 34.1 | 179 | 30.1 | ||
| Agree | 385 | 65.9 | 415 | 69.9 | ||
| Sidewalks | 0.57 | 1, 1176 | ||||
| Disagree | 102 | 17.6 | 95 | 15.9 | ||
| Agree | 478 | 82.4 | 501 | 84.1 | ||
| Free or low cost | 0.01 | 1, 1198 | ||||
| Disagree | 137 | 23.0 | 140 | 23.3 | ||
| Agree | 459 | 77.0 | 462 | 76.7 | ||
| Crime | 67.46*** | 1, 1178 | ||||
| Disagree | 506 | 85.3 | 378 | 64.6 | ||
| Agree | 87 | 14.7 | 207 | 35.4 | ||
| Traffic | 0.71 | 1, 1195 | ||||
| Disagree | 482 | 81.1 | 476 | 79.2 | ||
| Agree | 112 | 18.9 | 125 | 20.8 | ||
| Seeing people | 6.73** | 1, 1196 | ||||
| active | ||||||
| Disagree | 170 | 28.6 | 133 | 22.1 | ||
| Agree | 424 | 71.4 | 469 | 77.9 | ||
| Interesting things | 0.26 | 1. 1203 | ||||
| Disagree | 204 | 34.1 | 198 | 32.7 | ||
| Agree | 394 | 65.9 | 407 | 67.3 | ||
| Easy access | 11.50** | 1, 1066 | ||||
| Disagree | 76 | 14.2 | 118 | 22.2 | ||
| Agree | 118 | 85.8 | 413 | 77.8 | ||
* p < .05., **p < .01., ***p < 0.001.