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. 2016 Jan 19;11(1):e0147128. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147128

Table 1. Summary of measures and mean scores (SD) of psychosocial and environmental factors.

Scale (composition) Response category α M (SD)
Psychosocial
Self-efficacy
walking/cycling 11 items five-point scalea 0.92 3.47 (1.05)
Social norm
walking/cycling partner; parents; five-point scaleb 0.89 3.01 (1.22)
brothers/sisters; friends
public transport partner; parents; five-point scaleb 0.91 2.72 (1.15)
brothers/sisters; friends
passive transport partner; parents; five-point scaleb 0.93 2.24 (1.14)
brothers/sisters; friends
Social modelling
walking/cycling partner; parents; five-point scalec 0.75 3.35 (1.07)
brothers/sisters; friends
public transport partner; five-point scalec 0.52 1.63 (2.99);
parents; 1.19 (1.68);
brothers/sisters; 1.56 (2.70);
friends 1.26 (3.66)
passive transport partner; parents; five-point scalec 0.82 3.54 (1.12)
brothers/sisters; friends
Social support
walking/cycling partner; parents; five-point scaled 0.83 2.62 (0.84)
brothers/sisters; friends
public transport partner; parents; five-point scaled 0.87 2.28 (0.86)
brothers/sisters; friends
passive transport partner; parents; five-point scaled 0.87 2.44 (0.88)
brothers/sisters; friends
Perceived benefits
walking/cycling 18 items five-point scaleb 0.93 3.59 (0.85)
public transport 6 items five-point scaleb 0.80 2.90 (0.93)
passive transport 7 items five-point scaleb 0.87 3.19 (0.96)
Perceived barriers
walking/cycling 22 items five-point scaled 0.94 2.17 (0.80)
public transport 8 items five-point scaled 0.87 2.67 (0.91)
passive transport 11 items five-point scaled 0.87 2.60 (0.97)
Environmental
Residential density 3 items five-point scalee 2.50 (1.03)
Land use mix diversity 8 items five-point scalef 3.48 (0.91)
Land use mix access 6 items four-point scaleg 2.89 (0.54)
Street connectivity 5 items four-point scaleg 2.60 (0.54)
Walking and cycling facilities 12 items four-point scaleg 2.54 (0.48)
Aesthetics 4 items four-point scaleg 2.73 (0.58)
Perceived safety from traffic 8 items four-point scaleg 2.56 (0.36)
Perceived safety from crime 6 items four-point scaleg 3.10 (0.72)
Facilities at school 5 items two-point scaleh 0.51 (0.21)

a five-point scale from 1 (know I cannot do it) to 5 (know I can do it)

b five-point scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)

c five-point scale: never or once per year, 1 time per month, several times per month, several times per week, almost every day

d five-point scale from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

e five-point scale from 1 (none) to 5 (all)

f five-point scale: 1–5, 6–10, 11–20, 20–30, > 30 minutes

g four-point scale: strongly disagree, somewhat disagree, somewhat agree, strongly agree

h two-point scale: 1 (yes) and 2 (no).