Table 4.
Prevalence of features surrounding 2010 participant households by strata of health behaviors, neighborhood perceptions, and census block group economic hardship and urbanicity
| Total population (n =939) | Non-residential destinations | Walking and biking trails | Sidewalk density* | Parks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health promoting behaviors | n | (weighted %, 95% CI) | (row %, 95% CI, Chi Square) | (row %, 95% CI, Chi Square) | (row %, 95% CI, ANOVA) | (row %, 95% CI Chi Square) |
| Meet physical activity recommendations (>600 MET/MIN/WEEK) | 0.22 | 0.86 | 0.75 | 0.48 | ||
| Yes | 716 | 76.6 (73.2-80.0) | 53.4 (45.3-61.5) | 22.2 (14.2-30.1) | 43.6 (35.5-51.7) | 40.5 (32.9-48.0) |
| No | 223 | 23.4 (20.0-26.8) | 57.9 (48.9-67.0) | 21.6 (13.5-29.7) | 44.9 (36.0-53.9) | 43.7 (34.3-53.1) |
| Servings of fruits and vegetables (4–5 daily) | 0.15 | 0.75 | 0.18 | 0.27 | ||
| Yes | 155 | 17.1 (13.8-20.4) | 48.2 (36.1-60.2) | 22.8 (12.3-33.3) | 37.1 (25.9-48.4) | 44.6 (32.2-56.9) |
| No | 683 | 82.9 (79.6-86.2) | 55.7 (47.4-63.9) | 21.4 (13.0-29.8) | 44.0 (35.9-52.1) | 38.8 (31.7-45.9) |
| Neighborhood perceptions | ||||||
| Many destinations within easy walking distance | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Agree | 445 | 58.7 (50.3-67.1) | 69.6 (61.3-77.8) | 30.6 (19.4-41.8) | 59.5 (51.0-68.1) | 53.6 (45.3-61.8) |
| Disagree | 391 | 41.3 (32.9-49.7) | 32.5 (24.8-40.3) | 8.7 (4.3-13.1) | 19.2 (12.0-26.5) | 20.1 (13.7-26.6) |
| Many interesting things to look at | 0.89 | 0.0010 | 0.03 | 0.11 | ||
| Agree | 645 | 78.6 (75.0-82.3) | 54.1 (45.2-62.9) | 24.4 (14.8-34.0) | 45.0 (36.7-53.3) | 41.5 (33.6-49.3) |
| Disagree | 190 | 21.4 ((17.7-25.0) | 54.8 (44.2-65.3) | 10.6 (4.8-16.3) | 35.0 (25.644.3) | 33.8 (24.4-43.1) |
| Community well maintained | 0.01 | 0.63 | 0.01 | 0.30 | ||
| Agree | 747 | 89.6 (87.3-92.0) | 52.4 (43.8-60.9) | 22.0 (13.7-30.3) | 41.4 (33.4-49.4) | 39.2 (31.7-46.7) |
| Disagree | 84 | 10.4 (8.0-12.7) | 70.2 (58.5-81.8) | 18.9 (4.8-33.0) | 55.9 (44.1-67.7) | 45.1 (33.5-56.8) |
| Easy access to fresh fruits and vegetables | 0.24 | 0.47 | 0.92 | 0.86 | ||
| Agree | 713 | 86.6 (83.2-90.0) | 53.2 (44.5-62.0) | 22.0 (13.4-30.5) | 43.0 (34.7-51.2) | 39.6 (31.9-47.3) |
| Disagree | 123 | 13.4 (10.0-16.8) | 61.0 (48.7-73.3) | 18.8 (9.1-28.5) | 42.5 (32.1-52.8) | 40.6 (29.6-51.5) |
| Census block group characteristics | ||||||
| Economic hardship | 0.02 | 0.83 | 0.03 | 0.19 | ||
| Low | 362 | 39.0 (28.2-49.9) | 50.3 (37.2-63.4) | 24.3 (11.4-37.2) | 43.6 (29.3-57.9) | 40.4 (28.6-52.1) |
| Medium | 312 | 33.1 (21.2-44.9) | 43.7 (28.2-59.2) | 18.8 (8.3-29.2) | 30.2 (15.4-45.1) | 33.1 (19.3-47.0) |
| High | 265 | 27.9 (19.5-36.2) | 73.0 (60.1-85.8) | 22.8 (6.0-39.6) | 60.6 (47.8-73.4) | 52.0 (37.1-66.9) |
| Urbanicity (Census 2010 urbanized areas & urban clusters) | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Urban | 587 | 69.2 (60.2-78.1) | 67.9 (58.8-77.1) | 28.6 (19.0-38.7) | 61.6 (53.0-70.3) | 54.0 (46.3-61.7) |
| Rural | 352 | 30.8 (21.9-39.8) | 24.2 (14.7-33.6) | 6.8 (1.9-11.7) | 4.2(0.6-7.7) | 12.5 (2.2-22.8) |
*Sidewalk Density is a measure of total sidewalk length per total segment length within a buffer. All tests for statistical significance are bolded when p<.05.