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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 13.
Published in final edited form as: Res Gerontol Nurs. 2012 Sep 17;5(4):238–250. doi: 10.3928/19404921-20120906-05

Table 3.

Descriptive Statistics of Theoretical Variables and Comparison between Groups Theoretical Variables

Variable Mobility
limitations
n = 163
No
mobility
limitations
n = 163
t-value
M (SD) M (SD)
Neighborhood walking
(minutes/week)
49.63
(80.16)
128.83
(129.74)
−6.63***
SE totalª 52.92
(21.04)
77.27
(13.56)
−12.42***
  SE walking durationb 36.95
(33.75)
77.84
(27.26)
−12.01***
  SE physical activity
  barriersb
29.32
(21.72)
51.40
(25.51)
−8.78***
  SE neighborhood
  barriersb
50.69
(28.24)
68.01
(25.04)
−5.84***
  SE gaitb 71.84
(26.85)
95.33
(7.46)
−10.76***
  SE balanceb 75.49
(41.49)
92.87
(10.32)
−9.29***
Outcome expectations 3.73 (.60) 4.06 (.50) −5.35***
Neighborhood
environment
  Destinations 1.80 (.62) 2.11 (.64) −4.39***
  Designc 2.64 (.47) 2.81 (.43) −3.49**
    Access to servicesd 2.02 (.88) 2.39 (.98) −3.74***
    Neighborhood
    streetsd
2.59 (.86) 2.64 (.82) ns
    Neighborhood
    sidewalksd
2.72 (1.08) 3.0 (1.0) −2.31*
    Neighborhood
    surroundingsd
3.37 (.55) 3.46 (.50) ns
Crime safetyd 3.32 (.48) 3.47 (.37) −3.14**
    Pedestrian/Traffic
    safetyd
2.73 (.66) 3.02 (.60) −4.15***
Comfortd 1.64 (.70) 1.67 (.68) ns

Note. SE = Self-efficacy

a

total SE scale;

b

SE subscale;

c

total Design scale;

d

Design subscale

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.