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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Behav. 2012 Apr 10;45(4):526–547. doi: 10.1177/0013916512436421

Table 4.

Descriptive characteristics of participants from the baseline survey

Overall
Missing
N %
Gender 0
 Male 104 44.8
 Female 128 55.2
Age 0
 18–35 110 47.4
 36–59 82 35.3
 >=60 40 17.2
Race/ethnicity 1
 non-Hispanic White 117 50.7
 non-Hispanic Black 58 25.1
 Hispanic 35 15.2
 Other 21 9.1
Education 0
 Less than high school, high school, or GED 51 22.0
 Some college or vocational 51 22.0
 College 82 35.3
 Post college 48 21.7
Body mass index 0
 Under weight 1 0.4
 Normal weight 84 36.2
 Overweight 74 31.9
 Obese 73 31.5
How often usually visit <park name>? 0
 Never 8 3.5
 This is the first time 4 1.7
 Rarely 24 10.3
 Monthly 11 4.7
 A couple times per month 17 7.3
 Once per week 43 18.5
 A few times a week 85 36.6
 Daily 40 17.2
How long do you usually stay at <park name>? 0
 0 minute 8 3.5
 Less than 15 minutes 12 5.2
 15–30 minutes 33 14.2
 31–60 minutes 50 21.6
 >1 hour, but <2 hours 81 34.9
 2 – 3 hours 29 12.5
 >3 hours, but <5 hours 15 6.5
 5 or more hours 4 1.7
What do you usually do at <park name>? 2
 Not active 26 11.3
 Active 204 88.7
Over the past 7 days, how many times did you visit <park name>? 9
 0 48 21.5
 1 55 24.7
 2 36 16.1
 3 25 11.2
 4 16 7.2
 5 or more 43 19.3
In the past 7 days, how long did you stay at the park on your most recent visit? 10
 Did not go to the park in the last 7 days 49 22.1
 Less than 15 minutes 8 3.6
 15–30 minutes 23 10.4
 31–60 minutes 41 18.5
 >1 hour, but <2 hours 50 22.5
 2 – 3 hours 32 14.4
 >3 hours, but <5 hours 13 5.9
 5 or more hours 6 2.7
In the past 7 days, on the last day you came to the park, what did you do while there? 10
 Not active 80 36.0
 Active 142 64.0
On the last visit to the park, how did you get there? 10
 Walked 85 38.3
 Biked 6 2.7
 Drove 124 55.9
 Bus or other public transportation 5 2.3
 Other 2 0.9
In the past 7 days, how many days did you engage in exercise? 5
 0 22 9.7
 1 12 5.3
 2 28 12.3
 3 44 19.4
 4 39 17.2
 5 27 11.9
 6 11 4.9
 7 44 19.4