Table 1.

Sample characteristics (N = 1760)

		N	%
Sex	Males	768	43.6
	Females	992	56.4
Age tertile	17-45	595	33.8
	46-60	635	36.1
	Over 60	530	30.1
Social Class	I Professional, II Managerial & Technical	988	56.1
	III Skilled non-manual	413	23.5
	III Skilled manual	202	11.5
	IV/V Partly skilled & Unskilled	157	8.9
Area deprivation	Quintile 1 (least deprived)	432	24.5
	Quintile 2	341	19.4
	Quintile 3	329	18.7
	Quintile 4	346	19.7
	Quintile 5 (most deprived)	312	17.7
Car ownership	Owner	1502	85.3
	Non-owner	258	14.7
Dog ownership	Owner	372	21.1
	Non-owner	1388	78.9
Walked 2+ miles	Walker	1366	77.6
	Non-walker	394	22.4
*Walker 2+ miles	In and out of area	1129	83.1
	Outside the area	229	16.9
**Years at current home	< 2 years	76	4.3
	2-10 years	591	33.6
	>10 years	1091	62.1
General Food Stores	Very/Fairly Well-Placed	1605	91.2
	Not very/Not at all Well-Placed	155	8.8
Primary Schools	Very/Fairly Well-Placed	1695	96.3
	Not very/Not at all Well-Placed	65	3.7
Secondary Schools	Very/Fairly Well-Placed	1535	87.2
	Not very/Not at all Well-Placed	225	12.8
Libraries	Very/Fairly Well-Placed	1510	85.8
	Not very/Not at all Well-Placed	250	14.2
Pharmacies	Very/Fairly Well-Placed	1656	94.1
	Not very/Not at all Well-Placed	104	5.9
Public Sport/Recreation Facilities	Very/Fairly Well-Placed	1371	77.9
	Not very/Not at all Well-Placed	389	22.1

*8 missing, **2 missing.