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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Place. 2011 May 17;17(5):1150–1161. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.05.001

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of sample characteristics, Detroit Activity Space Environments Study (n=120)

% n
Age, years
 <45 38.3 46
 45–64 51.7 62
 >64 10.0 12
Female 75.0 90
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic African American 55.0 66
 Latino 24.2 29b
 Non-Hispanic White/Other 20.8 25c
Education
 Less than high school 35.8 43
 High school degree 19.2 23
 Some college or technical school 38.3 46
 Four-year college degree 6.7 8
Currently employed 35.0 42
Annual household incomea
 <$10,000 34.2 41
 $10,000–$25,000 35.0 42
 >$25,000 21.7 26
Owns automobile 64.2 77
Area of the city (study area)
 Eastside Detroit 25.8 31
 Southwest Detroit 53.3 64
 Northwest Detroit 20.8 25
Median Standard deviation
Mean daily minutes of moderate or vigorous physical activity d 8.2 14.2
Mean daily saturated fat intake, grams e 20.4 11.7
Mean daily fruit and vegetable servings e 2.8 2.4
Mean daily servings of whole grains e 0.8 1.4
a

Eleven participants were missing data for annual household income

b

75.0% of the Latino participants were first generation immigrants.

c

All but one were non-Hispanic White

d

n=97

e

n=116