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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Aging Phys Act. 2013 Oct 1;22(3):421–431. doi: 10.1123/japa.2012-0332

Descriptive Statistics of Driving and Nondriving Older Adults by Living Situation

Variable Community-Dwelling Older Adults (M [SD]) Retirement-Living Older Adults (M [SD])

Driving (n = 636) Nondriving (n = 80) Driving (n = 90) Nondriving (n = 74)
Continuous (M [SD])
Age 73.9 (6.0)*** 77.9 (7.4) 79.5 (7.3) 79.7(7.8)
Lower extremity function (lowest-highest = 0–100) 58.8 (17.2) *** 44.4 (17.5) 50.0 (16.6)** 41.2 (19.4)
Neighborhood walkability −0.4 (2.5)*** 1.9 (3.6) 0.1 (2.9)** 1.8 (3.9)
Residential density (unit: 100) 2.3 (0.7)*** 3.0 (0.7) 2.7(1.2) 3.0 (1.2)
Land use mix
 diversitya 2.3 (0.8) 2.5 (0.9) 2.3 (0.7) 2.4 (0.8)
 accessa 2.7 (0.6)** 2.9 (0.6) 2.8 (0.5) 2.8 (0.6)
Street connectivitya 3.0 (0.7) 2.9 (0.7) 3.0 (0.6) 3.1(0.7)
Walking/cycling infrastructuresa 2.8 (0.8) 2.7 (0.8) 3.0 (0.8) 3.0 (0.7)
Neighborhood aestheticsa 3.1 (0.8) 3.1 (0.7) 3.0 (0.7) 3.2 (0.7)
Traffic safetya 2.6 (0.7) 2.7 (0.7) 2.7 (0.8) 2.7 (0.7)
Pedestrian safety structuresa 2.6 (0.5) 2.6 (0.5) 2.7 (0.4) 2.7 (0.4)
Personal safetya 2.7 (0.8) 2.8 (0.8) 3.0 (0.8) 2.9 (0.7)
Microscale sum scorea,b 3.1 (0.6) 3.1 (0.8) 3.3 (0.7) 3.2 (0.7)
Categorical (%)
Women 50.4%*** 75.0% 56.7%*** 87.8%
Non-Hispanic White 28.2%* 38.8 32.2% 33.8%
Completed college 49.9% 41.3% 46.7%* 31.1%
Married or living with a partner 59.7%*** 33.8% 41.1%*** 13.5%
Visual impairment 5.2%*** 17.5% 12.2% 18.9%
Hearing problems 12.4%* 22.5 18.9% 18.9%
Confusion 9.4% 15.0% 13.3% 23.0%
Depression 10.7% 13.8% 10.0% 14.9%
Having parks within 500 m from home 58.6%** 77.5% 62.2%* 79.7%
Having recreation facilities within 500 m from home 41.0%** 56.3% 50.0% 62.2%
a

Based on Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale; scores range 1 to 4, with higher numbers representing more activity-friendly attributes.

b

Mean score of walking or cycling facilities, aesthetics, traffic safety, pedestrian safety structures, and transit stops.

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001.