Table 2.

Adjusted relationship between selected characteristics and “any” versus “no” utilitarian walking among adults in nine small, rural towns, 2010-2011.

Variables		Odds Ratio	95% Conf.Interval
			Lower	Upper
Socio-demographics and Lifestyle Characteristics
Sex (female, male-ref.)		0.55	0.42	0.71
Age (continuous)		0.98	0.97	0.99
Income (9-cat., ordinal)		0.92	0.85	0.98
Weekly hours of screen time (logged with lower end of 1)		0.90	0.79	1.04
Weekly hours of recreational walking (7-cat., ordinal)		1.39	1.29	1.50
Does [item] keep you from walking?	Lack of time	1.54	1.18	2.01
Self-Reported Environmental Measures
By neighborhood, we mean the area within a 20-minute walk from your home. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?	There are crosswalks and pedestrian signals to help walkers cross busy streets in my neighborhood.	1.65	1.25	2.18
Is there [destination] within a 20-miunte walk from your home?	a trail, path, or track	1.88	1.44	2.46
	a park or natural recreation area	1.87	1.42	2.47

Objective Environmental Measures
Generalized Land Use	Presence of manufacturing land use within buffer		1.43	1.02	2.00
	Presence of resource production and extraction land use within buffer		0.65	0.48	0.87
Destination	Shortest distance to the closest school (meters)	0 – 500	(Reference Group)
		500 – 1,000	0.66	0.47	0.93
		1,001 – 2,000	0.61	0.43	0.86
		2,000+	0.48	0.32	0.73
Transportation	Presence of intercity transit stops within buffer		2.40	1.23	4.69