Table 3.
Relationship between perceived safety from crime and walking inside the neighbourhood (min/week)
Variable | Model 1 Demographics | Model 2 Built environment | Model 3 Social cohesion | Model 4 Perceptions | ||||
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Estimate (SE) | p | Estimate (SE) | p | Estimate (SE) | p | Estimate (SE) | p | |
Total walking | 18.04 (3.50) | 0.0001 | 18.77 (3.50) | 0.0001 | 13.53 (3.61) | 0.0002 | 10.54 (3.97) | 0.0079 |
Walking for recreation | 13.51 (2.36) | 0.0001 | 13.70 (2.37) | 0.0001 | 10.25 (2.46) | 0.0001 | 7.01 (2.70) | 0.0096 |
Walking for transport | 3.18 (1.27) | 0.0127 | 3.56 (1.27) | 0.0051 | 1.38 (1.31) | 0.2922 | 0.68 (1.44) | 0.6378 |
Proc Mixed marginal model with unrestricted variance pattern
Model 1 adjusts for age, gender, income, education, marital status, importance of safety from crime to neighbourhood selection and time
Model 2: Model 1 + residential density, street connectivity and local destinations
Model 3: Model 2 + perceptions of neighbourhood social cohesion
Model 4: Model 3 + perceptions of aesthetics, traffic and street lighting
Bold denotes significant p-value