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Published in final edited form as: Health Place. 2015 Oct 27;36:65–73. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.09.007

Table 1.

Sample characteristics: socio-demographic information, accelerometer-based PA outcomes and perceived environmental attributes
ALL
SITES		 BEL1 BRA2 COL2 CZE1
 DEN2 HK2 MEX1 NZ1
 SP2 UK2 USA1
Site A Site
B		 Site C Site
D		 Site E Site
F		 Site
G		 Site
H
N with ≥4
day valid
PA data
(%
sample)		 7,273
(51)		 1,050
(99)		 330
(47)		 223
(23)		 258
(78)		 122
(73)		 272
(42)		 269
(56)		 656
(97)		 373
(73)		 399
(78)		 416
(84)		 373
(75)		 329
(36)		 135
(16)		 119
8
(93)		 870
(95)
Age, years
Mean
(SD) 		43 (12) 43 (13) 42
(13)		 46
(12)		 39
(14)		 36
(14)		 40
(14)		 42
(13)		 42
(13)		 43
(12)		 42
(11)		 40
(12)		 43
(12)		 39
(13)		 44
(13)		 44
(11)		 47
(11)
Gender,
%men 		45.9 48.5 48.5 31.8 36.0 38.
6		 39.
0		 40.5 45.7 37.4 40.4 47.6 45.
6		 39.5 46.
7		 55.
0		 48.
7
Education
, %
Less than
HS
HS
graduate
College or
more 		12.1
38.4
49.5		 4.3
32.7
62.9		 27.9
31.2
40.9		 46.6
36.3
17.0		 23.0
43.5
33.5		 15.
7
56.
5
27.
8		 7.4
42.
3
50.
4		 36.4
23.1
40.5		 43.9
28.8
27.3		 2.4
58.3
39.3		 3.8
64.7
31.6		 0.5
45.0
54.6		 8.6
57.
0
34.
4		 4.3
32.7
63.0		 38.
8
46.
3
14.
9		 1.1
34.
9
64.
0		 1.8
29.
6
68.
5
Work
status,
%working 		78.8 80.3 79.4 60.5 77.9 82.
8		 75.
4		 62.7 71.5 76.4 86.2 87.5 85.
5		 76.3 64.
4		 81.
4		 83.
0
Marital
status,
%couple 		64.3 73.4 60.3 61.4 60.3 52.
6		 69.
1		 56.1 64.8 71.1 76.1 60.1 57.
1		 57.3 45.
9		 64.
1		 61.
1
Valid days
of
accelero
meter
wear
time,
Mean
(SD) 		6.5
(1.1)		 6.7
(1.1)		 6.7
(1.0)		 6.6
(1.0)		 6.2
(1.2)		 6.2
(1.4
)		 7.0
(0.8
)		 5.9
(1.0)		 5.7
(1.0)		 6.4
(1.3)		 6.4
(1.3)		 6.7
(1.3)		 6.5
(1.3
)		 6.5
(0.8)		 6.6
(1.0
)		 6.7
(0.8
)		 6.7
(1.2
)
Accelero
meter
wear time
(hrs/day)
Mean
(SD) 		14.4
(1.3)		 14.7
(1.3)		 14.0
(1.3)		 13.9
(1.2)		 13.9
(1.4)		 14.
2
(1.3
)		 14.
9
(1.1
)		 14.4
(1.4)		 14.0
(1.4)		 14.2
(1.2)		 14.1
(1.3)		 14.0
(1.2)		 14.
0
(1.2
)		 15.0
(1.1)		 14.
6
(1.2
)		 14.
7
(1.3
)		 14.
8
(1.4
)
MVPA
(min/day)
Mean
(SD) 		38.0
(26.8)		 35.5
(23.5)		 31.5
(24.6
)		 37.0
(26.4
)		 47.1
(27.7
)		 45.
1
(25.
9)		 39.
7
(23.
2)		 44.9
(25.3)		 31.2
(25.2
)		 45.7
(28.4
)		 37.2
(29.2
)		 50.1
(31.0
)		 44.
0
(32.
5)		 51.0
(29.
5)		 36.
7
(27.
3)		 36.
3
(24.
9)		 29.
2
(22.
0)
PAG for
cancer
and
weight
gain
preventio
n, % 		19.7 15.5 13.9 16.1 29.8 29.
5		 24.
3		 27.5 12.3 27.9 16.3 30.0 25.
2		 31.3 19.
3		 18.
9		 12.
9
Residenti
al density
(0-1000),
Mean
(SD) 		74.6
(112.7
)		 82.6
(72.6)		 99.7
(123.
6)		 51.7
(59.6
)		 89.1
(68.6
)		 85.
1
(68.
8)		 83.
5
(63.
4)		 443.8
(216.2
)		 38.1
(40.9
)		 30.0
(49.9
)		 19.1
(26.4
)		 45.5
(65.5
)		 22.
7
(26.
7)		 187.
0
(102
.3)		 36.
2
(32.
5)		 37.
5
(53.
9)		 59.
9
(79.
4)
Land use
mix –
access
(1-4),
Mean
(SD) 		3.3
(0.7)		 3.3
(0.6)		 3.6
(0.5)		 3.4
(0.4)		 3.5
(0.6)		 3.4
(0.6
)		 3.6
(0.6
)		 3.5
(0.7)		 3.3
(0.5)		 3.2
(0.6)		 3.1
(0.5)		 3.4
(0.5)		 3.4
(0.5
)		 3.7
(0.5)		 3.4
(0.7
)		 3.2
(0.8
)		 3.0
(0.8
)
Land use
mix –
diversity
(1-5),
Mean
(SD) 		3.8
(0.8)		 3.6
(0.9)		 4.1
(0.5)		 4.2
(0.4)		 3.9
(0.6)		 4.0
(0.6
)		 4.2
(0.6
)		 4.1
(0.7)		 3.7
(0.6)		 3.8
(0.6)		 3.7
(0.7)		 4.1
(0.6)		 3.9
(0.6
)		 4.5
(0.4)		 3.7
(0.5
)		 3.8
(0.8
)		 3.6
(0.9
)
Street
connectiv
ity
(1-4),
Mean
(SD) 		3.0
(0.7)		 2.7
(0.7)		 3.3
(0.7)		 3.1
(0.6)		 3.0
(0.7)		 3.0
(0.6
)		 3.1
(0.6
)		 3.2
(0.8)		 2.9
(0.5)		 2.7
(0.5)		 2.7
(0.4)		 2.8
(0.5)		 3.0
(0.5
)		 3.3
(0.7)		 3.1
(0.7
)		 3.0
(0.8
)		 3.0
(0.8
)
Infrastruc
ture and
safety
(1-4),
Mean
(SD) 		2.9
(0.6)		 2.8
(0.5)		 2.8
(0.8)		 2.8
(0.5)		 3.1
(0.5)		 3.2
(0.5
)		 3.1
(0.5
)		 3.4
(0.6)		 2.6
(0.4)		 2.8
(0.3)		 2.8
(0.4)		 2.9
(0.4)		 3.0
(0.4
)		 3.4
(0.5)		 3.2
(0.5
)		 3.0
(0.6
)		 3.1
(0.6
)
Aesthetic
s
(1-4),
Mean
(SD) 		2.8
(0.7)		 2.6
(0.6)		 2.9
(0.8)		 2.4
(0.5)		 2.4
(0.6)		 2.6
(0.5
)		 2.7
(0.6
)		 2.8
(0.7)		 2.6
(0.5)		 2.8
(0.5)		 2.9
(0.5)		 2.8
(0.5)		 2.8
(0.6
)		 2.7
(0.7)		 2.3
(0.8
)		 3.1
(0.7
)		 3.1
(0.6
)
Traffic
safety
(1-4),
Mean
(SD) 		2.6
(0.6)		 2.4
(0.6)		 2.4
(0.8)		 2.4
(0.5)		 2.9
(0.6)		 3.1
(0.5
)		 2.9
(0.5
)		 2.9
(0.6)		 2.4
(0.5)		 2.6
(0.5)		 2.6
(0.5)		 2.8
(0.4)		 2.7
(0.5
)		 2.5
(0.7)		 2.5
(0.7
)		 2.7
(0.7
)		 2.7
(0.7
)
Crime
safety
(1-4),
Mean
(SD) 		3.1
(0.7)		 3.2
(0.5)		 2.3
(0.5)		 1.9
(0.6)		 3.2
(0.6)		 3.4
(0.5
)		 3.3
(0.6
)		 3.4
(0.6)		 2.2
(0.7)		 3.1
(0.5)		 2.9
(0.4)		 3.1
(0.4)		 2.9
(0.6
)		 3.6
(0.6)		 3.0
(0.7
)		 3.4
(0.6
)		 3.4
(0.7
)
Few cul-
de-sacs
(1-4),
Mean
(SD) 		2.8
(1.0)		 3.0
(0.8)		 2.9
(1.1)		 2.7
(0.8)		 2.9
(1.0)		 3.0
(0.9
)		 2.8
(0.9
)		 3.5
(0.8)		 2.6
(0.7)		 2.3
(0.6)		 2.3
(0.6)		 2.5
(0.7)		 2.5
(0.8
)		 3.6
(0.9)		 2.3
(1.0
)		 2.8
(1.1
)		 2.8
(1.2
)
No major
barriers
to
walking
(1-4),
Mean
(SD) 		3.3
(0.8)		 3.3
(0.7)		 3.1
(1.1)		 2.9
(0.7)		 3.4
(0.8)		 3.5
(0.8
)		 3.7
(0.6
)		 3.3
(1.0)		 2.8
(0.7)		 3.3
(0.6)		 3.2
(0.6)		 3.3
(0.5)		 3.5
(0.7
)		 3.6
(0.8)		 3.4
(0.8
)		 3.2
(1.0
)		 3.8
(0.6
)

Notes: Site A: Olomouc, B: Hradec Kralove, C: North Shore, D: Waitakere, E: Wellington, F: Christchurch, G: Seattle, H: Baltimore; HS=high school; PA=physical activity; MVPA = moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; PAG = physical activity guidelines for weight gain/cancer prevention; SD = standard deviation; valid days of accelerometer wear are those with 10+ valid hours of wear; for the perceived environmental attributes, the theoretical range of answers is reported between brackets.

1

Study site aimed to collect accelerometer data in the total sample

2

Study site aimed to collect accelerometer data in a fixed proportion of the total sample