Table 1.
Demographic profile of respondents stratified by neighbourhood residence and preference.
| Characteristic | Neighbourhood residencea |
Neighbourhood preferencea |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High walkability n = 811 % |
Low walkability n = 805 % |
p-Value | Urban style preference n = 817 % |
Suburban style preference n = 562 % |
No strong preference n = 217 % |
p-Value | |
| Sex | 0.09 | 0.46 | |||||
| Male | 42.8 | 47.1 | 46.1 | 42.9 | 45.2 | ||
| Age (years) | ≤0.01 | 0.60 | |||||
| 16–24 | 10.7 | 7.9 | 9.8 | 7.4 | 12.0 | ||
| 25–34 | 22.9 | 19.2 | 22.3 | 18.9 | 22.6 | ||
| 35–44 | 26.6 | 28.1 | 25.7 | 30.6 | 25.3 | ||
| 45–55 | 24.0 | 26.8 | 25.7 | 26.1 | 22.1 | ||
| 55–65 | 15.8 | 18.1 | 16.5 | 17.1 | 18.0 | ||
| Ethnicity | 0.86 | 0.53 | |||||
| Maori/Polynesian | 14.7 | 15.5 | 14.0 | 17.6 | 13.8 | ||
| Asian | 10.4 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 11.4 | 8.8 | ||
| NZ European & other | 75.0 | 74.8 | 76.4 | 71.0 | 77.4 | ||
| Education attainment | 0.36 | ≤0.001 | |||||
| Finished primary school | 3.0 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 5.7 | 4.6 | ||
| Finished high school | 20.8 | 20.7 | 18.5 | 24.4 | 21.7 | ||
| University Entrance | 10.0 | 10.7 | 9.5 | 10.7 | 11.1 | ||
| Apprenticeship/diploma | 24.8 | 23.9 | 22.3 | 27.4 | 25.3 | ||
| Degree or higher | 40.9 | 40.2 | 47.7 | 31.3 | 37.3 | ||
| Annual household income (NZD) | 0.99 | ≤0.05 | |||||
| ≤$20,000 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 4.1 | ||
| $20,001–$40,000 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 12.0 | ||
| $40,001–$60,000 | 16.3 | 15.7 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 14.3 | ||
| $60,001–$80,000 | 13.9 | 15.4 | 14.9 | 15.3 | 12.4 | ||
| $80,001–$100,000 | 14.9 | 16.0 | 14.9 | 17.3 | 13.4 | ||
| ≥$100,001 | 30.8 | 30.4 | 31.7 | 28.5 | 32.3 | ||
| Housing tenure | ≤0.001 | ≤0.001 | |||||
| Owner–occupier | 54.8 | 66.5 | 54.5 | 66.7 | 66.8 | ||
Key: NZD = New Zealand dollars; SD = standard deviation.
a
Percentages do not equal 100% because of missing data.