Table 2.

Design and sample characteristics of quantitative (n=14) and mixed method (n=1) studies.

Study Design	Data Collection Method	Author(s)	Year Published	Sample Characteristics
Cross Sectional	Self-reported questionnaire data	Ainsworth et al.	2003	N = 934 AA women living in Sumter and Orangeburg County, South Carolina; age range of participants 20–50 years, M age not reported.
		Hall et al.	2013	N = 103 AA women living in North Carolina; M age = 42.3 years.
		Heesch et al.	2000	N = 745 AA women living throughout the U.S; M age =57 years
	Examined associations between self-reported PA levels and self-reported questionnaire data	Affuso et al.	2011	N = 510 AA women living throughout the U.S.; M age = 48.9 years
		Bopp et al.	2006	N = 407 AA women living South Carolina; M age 53.53.
		Genkinger et al.	2006	N = 120 AA women living in Baltimore County, MD; M age = 48 years
		King et al.	2000	N = 745 AA women living throughout the U.S.; participants were aged 40 years or older, M age not reported.
		Lee & Im	2010	N = 47 AA women living throughout the U.S.; M age = 48.9 years
		Sanderson et al.	2003	N = 577 AA women living in rural Alabama; age range of participants 20–50 years; M age not reported.
		Strong et al.	2013	N = 1025 AA women living in Houston, TX; M age = 45.4 years
		Wilbur et al.	2003	N = 399 AA women living in Chicago, IL; M age = 33.69
	Compared objectively measured PA with objectively measured physical environment characteristics	Lee et al.	2011	N = 139 AA women living in Houston, TX; M age = 43.3 years
		Lee et al.	2012	N = 202 AA women living in Harris or Travis County, TX); M age 45.3 years for all women (study also included Latinas, M age for AA women not reported).
Longitudinal	Compared attendance to a walking intervention with objective measure environmental characteristics	Zenk et al.	2009	N = 281 AA women living in Chicago, IL and 36 suburban municipalities; M age = 38.1 years.
Mixed-Method	Traditional Focus Groups and self-report questionnaire	Bopp et a.	2004	N=58 AA women living in Fairfield County, South Carolina; M age = 67.5 years for all women included in the study (study also included 83 White women, M age for AA women not reported).

Note: Data was abstracted using information provided by authors in study publications. Description of sample characteristics is limited to the quality of description provided by study authors. Some studies included non-AA women in their samples. Data presented refers to only AA women included in studies unless otherwise noted. Abbreviations: AA= African American, M = mean.