Table 3. PA-related Neighborhood Environmental Factors Identified by NGT Groups.
| Category | Items | Votes from NGT Groups of fourneighborhood types | Cumulative votesa | |||
| HSES/HW | HSES/LW | LSES/HW | LSES/LW | |||
| Safety (crime) | People who makeme feel unsafeb | 6 | – | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| Crimes nearbyb | – | 4 | – | 7 | 11 | |
| Sufficient lighting | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |
| Afraid of being takenor hurt at nightb | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Safety (traffic) | Bridge or tunnel | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Few cars on roads | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Functionality | Convenient transportation | – | 3 | 2 | – | 5 |
| Subway station | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Hard to find toilet inshopping mallb | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Destination | Recreation grounds | 3 | 6 | 1 | – | 10 |
| Shopping malls withair conditioning | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Aesthetic | Fresh air | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | 6 |
| Too much noiseb | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | |
| Interesting animals | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
| Perfume shop | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Others | Too many people inrecreation groundsb | – | 5 | – | – | 5 |
a
Votes added up across all NGT groups, used as an indicator of the importance of an item across all participants.
b
factors perceived to decrease the participants’ willingness to do PA.