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. 2009 Feb;99(2):271–278. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.128702

TABLE 2.

Structural Equation Models of Individual and Neighborhood Factors on Measures of Physical Activity

Physical Activity z score, B (t Statistic) Vigorous Exercise, d/wk, B (t Statistic) Moderate Exercise, d/wk, B (t Statistic) Physical Education Class, d/wk, B (t Statistic) Sports Participation, No. Teams, B (t Statistic) Participation in Other Physical Activity or Lessons, B (t Statistic) Walking or Biking to School, B (t Statistic) Physically Active Free-Time Activities, B (t Statistic)
Neighborhood social environment 0.15** (2.35) 0.57** (2.90) −0.24 (−0.52) 0.39** (4.18) −0.05 (−0.91) −0.004 (−0.06) 0.05 (0.68) 0.19** (3.16)
Neighborhood physical environment 0.03 (0.22) 0.17 (0.44) 0.17 (0.29) 0.01 (0.08) −0.06 (−1.00) −0.02 (−0.27) 0.16 (1.30) −0.01 (−0.07)
Age 0.07 (1.59) 0.08 (0.37) 0.23 (1.26) −0.02 (−0.29) 0.01 (0.20) 0.13** (2.05) 0.02 (0.38) 0.02 (0.22)
Girls 0.10** (2.06) −0.05 (−0.33) 0.29 (1.34) −0.02 (−0.42) 0.09** (2.51) 0.20** (3.86) 0.02 (0.23) −0.10** (−1.98)
Two parents at home 0.04 (0.75) −0.30 (−1.30) −0.09 (−0.40) 0.34** (3.06) 0.07 (1.22) −0.06 (−1.13) 0.02 (0.25) 0.02 (0.26)
Parental educational attainment 0.02 (0.29) 0.60** (2.58) 0.44** (1.97) −0.15 (−0.75) −0.01 (−0.23) 0.15** (2.27) −0.06 (−0.39) −0.24** (−5.53)
Race/ethnicity
    Hispanic −0.28** (−3.57) 0.60** (2.06) −0.45 (−1.61) −1.21** (−5.75) 0.09 (1.43) −0.12** (−2.11) −0.04 (−0.16) −0.24** (−3.12)
    Black −0.18** (−2.30) 0.15 (0.55) −0.74** (−2.75) −0.36 (−1.41) −0.01 (−0.12) −0.02 (−0.25) −0.07 (−0.36) −0.11* (−1.70)
    Other −0.10 (−1.77) 0.22** (2.12) −0.31* (−1.86) −0.31** (2.77) 0.01 (0.22) −0.001 (−0.01) −0.16* (1.91) −0.03 (−0.79)
Log household income −0.01 (−0.15) 0.51* (1.78) 0.06 (0.21) −0.29** (−2.73) 0.03 (0.50) 0.13** (2.15) −0.02 (−0.14) −0.11 (−1.55)
Type of model continuous count count count ordinal categorical categorical ordinal

Note. Measurement models were not reported.

*P < .10; **P < .05.