Table 2.
Perceived Enabling Factors and Personal Barriers to Trail Use for New Exercisers and Habitually Active Exercisers (n = 414), Morgantown, WVa, 2001
| Habitually active (n = 321) | New exerciser (n = 93) | Difference between new and habitually active exercisers | |||
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| Characteristic | Mean (±SD)a | Rankb | Mean (±SD) | Rank | Pc |
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| Safety | 3.9 (1.3) | 4 | 4.2 (1.0) | 3 | .03 |
| Scenery/environment | 4.0 (1.0) | 3 | 4.1 (1.0) | 4 | .16 |
| Terrain (flat, paved) | 4.3 (0.9) | 1 | 4.6 (0.7) | 2 | .04 |
| Convenience | 4.3 (0.9) | 2 | 4.7 (0.5) | 1 | <.001 |
| Atmosphere | 3.8 (1.1) | 5 | 4.1 (1.2) | 5 | .19 |
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| Barriers | |||||
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| Unsafe | 2.7 (1.7) | 3 | 3.1 (1.6) | 2 | .04 |
| Parking | 2.1 (1.3) | 6 | 2.1 (1.4) | 6 | .78 |
| Accessibility | 2.2 (1.3) | 5 | 2.4 (1.6) | 5 | .11 |
| Facilities | 3.1 (1.4) | 1 | 3.4 (1.4) | 1 | .08 |
| Maintenance | 3.0 (1.5) | 2 | 2.8 (1.6) | 3 | .28 |
| Congestion | 2.6 (1.4) | 4 | 2.5 (1.4) | 4 | .53 |
a
Mean values represent a five-point Likert scale ranging from 1 = not important at all to 5 = most important.
b
Rank is based on the aggregate level of importance placed on each variable.
c
Based on independent t-test.