Table 1. Characteristics of Rural New York Communities and Participants, the Stanford Healthy Neighborhood Discovery Tool Project, New York State, October 2013–May 2014.
| Characteristica | Community A (n = 6) | Community B (n = 6) | Community C (n = 6) | Community D (n = 6) | Total (n = 24) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participants | |||||
| Age, mean (SD) | 53.8 (8.2) | 70.8 (7.7) | 59.3 (14.7) | 75.5 (9.8) | 64.9 (13.2) |
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| Male | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| Race | |||||
| White | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Highest level of education | |||||
| Some high school | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Completed high school | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Some college | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Completed college | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| Uses assistive walking device | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| How far do you live from where you started the walk? | |||||
| <1 mile | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 1−2 miles | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| >2 miles | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| No previous experience with touch-screen technology | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 b | 10 |
| Community | |||||
| Town population | 5,576 | 2,206 | 6,625 | 4,048 | — |
| County population density, people per square mile | 31 | 45 | 52 | 56 | — |
| Median annual household income, $ | 37,063 | 40,938 | 46,889 | 43,115 | — |
| Race, % white | 97.0 | 96.9 | 92.3 | 99.1 | — |
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation; —, not applicable.
a
Values are n unless otherwise indicated.
b
Data for this category were missing from 1 participant in Community D (n = 5).