Table 1.

Observed PANES mean item scores by neighborhood type.

Item Number and Content	Single-Family Housing (N=147) Mean (SD)	Multi-Family Housing (N=177) Mean (SD)	Effect Size*
PANES 2: Places to buy things are within easy walking distance of home.	2.2 (1.2)	2.8 (1.1)	0.23
PANES 3: 10-15 minutes walk to a transit stop from home.	2.9 (1.3)	3.4 (1.0)	0.24
PANES 4: Sidewalks on most of streets in neighborhood.	3.3 (1.1)	3.5 (0.9)	0.07
PANES 5: Facilities to bicycle in or near neighborhood.	2.5 (1.3)	2.6 (1.2)	0.01
PANES 6: Neighborhood has several free or low cost recreation facilities.	3.1 (1.1)	3.0 (1.1)	0.03
PANES 7: Crime rate in neighborhood makes it unsafe to walk at night.	2.5 (1.2)	2.8 (1.1)	0.14
PANES 8: Traffic makes it difficult or unpleasant to walk in neighborhood.	2.1 (1.1)	2.4 (1.1)	0.17
PANES 9: See many people being physically active in neighborhood.	2.9 (1.0)	3.0 (1.0)	0.04
PANES 10: Many interesting things to look at while walking in neighborhood.	2.4 (1.1)	2.5 (1.1)	0.06
PANES 12: Many four-way intersections in neighborhood.	2.8 (1.1)	2.9 (1.0)	0.05
PANES 13: Sidewalks in neighborhood are maintained and not obstructed.	2.9 (1.2)	2.7 (1.1)	0.10
PANES 14: Places for bicycling in neighborhood are maintained and not obstructed.	2.4 (1.3)	2.3 (1.1)	0.02
PANES 15: Traffic makes it difficult or unpleasant to bicycle in neighborhood.	2.2 (1.1)	2.7 (1.1)	0.23
PANES 16: Crime in neighborhood makes it unsafe to walk during the day.	1.8 (0.9)	2.2 (1.0)	0.22
PANES 17: Many places to go within easy walking distance of home.	2.6 (1.2)	2.8 (1.1)	0.10

Items are rated by respondents using a four-category Likert-type scale from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree.

^*Effect size for Wilcoxon rank sum comparisons between neighborhood types: “small” effect = 0.10–0.29; “medium” effect = 0.30–0.49; “large” effect ≥0.50.