Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for ten scales on neighborhood conditions, Saúde em Beagá, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2008–2009 (n = 4051)

	No. of subjects	Initial no. of items in scale	Final no. of items in scale	Range of scores	Minimum score	Maximum score	Mean score	Standard deviation	Cronbach’s alpha
Services	4,041	9	8	1–4	1.68	3.52	2.58	0.36	0.65
Aesthetic quality	4,035	9	4	1–4	1.19	3.94	2.96	0.97	0.60
Walking environment	4,040	9	7	1–4	1.87	3.64	3.24	0.43	0.51
Safety	4,013	3	2	1–4	1.14	3.92	2.97	1.16	0.53
Violence	4,045	6	6	1–4	1.05	3.77	1.99	0.84	0.70
Social cohesion	4,030	6	6	1–4	1.11	3.98	3.29	0.81	0.76
Neighborhood participation	3,663	11	11	1–4	1.07	3.97	2.76	0.82	0.83
Physical disorder	3,979	8	8	1–4	1.16	3.69	2.11	0.82	0.62
Social disorder	3,929	6	6	1–4	1.09	3.87	2.27	0.87	0.74
Neighborhood problems	4,035	17	16	1–4	1.27	3.49	2.28	0.57	0.73