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Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2011 Mar;40(3):312–319. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.11.008

Table 1.

Coded values for school neighborhood built environment characteristics (BECs)

Characteristic	Values
Characteristic	0	1	2
Primary land use (nonresidential land use)	Residential	Other	—

Sidewalks	None	Continuous on one side	Continuous on both sides

Curbs	None	Continuous on one side	Continuous on both sides

Bike lane	No	Yes	—

Green strip between sidewalk and street	No	Yes	—

Trees	Few/some	Many	—

Gradient (low gradient)	Steep	Moderate	Minimal

On-street parking	None	On one side	On both sides

Parking between buildings and street (low-site parking)	A lot	Little to none	—

Average setback for buildings (small setback)	>20 feet	<=20 feet	—

Building continuity	Scattered	Adjacent	—

Building height	1–2 stories	>=3 stories	—