Table 2.
Associations between zip code walkability and active travel, by strata of individual and area-based characteristics
| Walkability index and reporting no episodes of active travel | Walkability index and the number of episodes of active travel | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odds ratioa | 95 % CI | p value for interaction | Exponentiated betab | 95 % CI | p value for interaction | |
| Model 1, analyses of zip code walkability and active travel stratified by educational attainment | ||||||
| High school or less N = 3,168 | 0.92 | 0.86, 0.98 | 1.00 | 0.96, 1.05 | ||
| More than high school N = 4,896 | 0.88 | 0.83, 0.94 | 0.25 | 1.04 | 1.02, 1.07 | 0.14 |
| Model 2, analyses of zip code walkability and active travel stratified by income in relation to the poverty line | ||||||
| Below 200 % of poverty line N = 2,881 | 0.91 | 0.86, 0.96 | 1.04 | 1.01, 1.08 | ||
| Above 200 % of poverty line N = 5,183 | 0.89 | 0.84, 0.94 | 0.48 | 1.04 | 1.02, 1.06 | 0.99 |
| Model 3, analyses of zip code walkability and active travel stratified by race | ||||||
| African–American N = 2,008 | 0.93 | 0.86, 1.00 | 1.08 | 1.02, 1.14 | ||
| Non-Hispanic White N = 3,279 | 0.81 | 0.76, 0.88 | 0.01 | 1.03 | 1.01, 1.06 | 0.17 |
| Model 4, analyses of zip code walkability and active travel stratified by ethnicity | ||||||
| Hispanic N = 2,010 | 0.97 | 0.89, 1.04 | 1.02 | 0.97, 1.07 | ||
| Non-Hispanic White N = 3,279 | 0.82 | 0.76, 0.88 | 0.002 | 1.04 | 1.01, 1.06 | 0.47 |
| Model 5, analyses of zip code walkability and active travel stratified by zip code level poverty rate | ||||||
| Top quartile of neighborhood poverty N = 1,845 | 1.09 | 0.97, 1.22 | 1.04 | 0.96, 1.14 | ||
| Bottom quartile of neighborhood poverty N = 1,955 | 0.85 | 0.78, 0.93 | 0.001 | 1.05 | 1.03, 1.08 | 0.87 |
aOdds ratio for reporting no episodes of sustained active travel per 1 unit difference in the walkability index. Analyses adjust for covariates reported in Table 1
bExponentiated Beta for number of episodes of sustained active travel per 1 unit difference in walkability index. Analyses adjust for covariates reported in Table 1