Table 2.
Summary of self-reported daily walking by older women living in Portland metropolitan area according to urban-form cluster.
| Urban-form cluster | Number of blocks walked per day | |||||
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| Mean | Standard deviation | Median | Minimum | Maximum | N | |
| Walking for utilitarian purposes | ||||||
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| Cluster 1: central city | 6.39 | 5.68 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 694 |
| Cluster 2: city periphery | 5.76 | 5.65 | 4 | 1 | 60 | 573 |
| Cluster 3: suburb | 6.67 | 7.13 | 4.5 | 1 | 48 | 170 |
| Cluster 4: urban fringe with poor commercial area access | 5.65 | 5.35 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 20 |
| Cluster 5: urban fringe with poor park area access | 6.95 | 7.60 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 41 |
| Cluster 6: satellite city | 5.33 | 4.30 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 |
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| Walking for leisure purposes | ||||||
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| Cluster 1: central city | 14.69 | 10.85 | 12 | 1 | 82 | 492 |
| Cluster 2: city periphery | 13.88 | 10.30 | 12 | 1 | 72 | 457 |
| Cluster 3: suburb | 14.28 | 10.52 | 12 | 1 | 48 | 151 |
| Cluster 4: urban fringe with poor commercial area access | 9.79 | 8.40 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 14 |
| Cluster 5: urban fringe with poor park area access | 11.66 | 8.55 | 10 | 1 | 36 | 29 |
| Cluster 6: satellite city | 15.00 | 10.20 | 13.5 | 5 | 28 | 6 |
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| Walking for leisure and utilitarian purposes combined, excluding those who do not walk regularly | ||||||
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| Cluster 1: central city | 14.60 | 13.36 | 11 | 1 | 102 | 799 |
| Cluster 2: city periphery | 13.98 | 12.88 | 10 | 1 | 96 | 690 |
| Cluster 3: suburb | 15.59 | 13.45 | 12 | 1 | 66 | 211 |
| Cluster 4: urban fringe with poor commercial area access | 10.00 | 9.65 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 25 |
| Cluster 5: urban fringe with poor park area access | 13.84 | 11.12 | 12 | 1 | 44 | 45 |
| Cluster 6: satellite city | 13.80 | 11.83 | 9.5 | 2 | 36 | 10 |
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| Walking for leisure and utilitarian purposes combined, including those who do not walk regularly | ||||||
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| Cluster 1: central city | 13.24 | 13.41 | 9 | 0 | 102 | 881 |
| Cluster 2: city periphery | 12.26 | 12.91 | 8 | 0 | 96 | 787 |
| Cluster 3: suburb | 13.43 | 13.60 | 9 | 0 | 66 | 245 |
| Cluster 4: urban fringe with poor commercial area access | 8.93 | 9.63 | 4.5 | 0 | 30 | 28 |
| Cluster 5: urban fringe with poor park area access | 12.22 | 11.37 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 51 |
| Cluster 6: satellite city | 10.62 | 11.90 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 13 |