Table 2.

Barriers to consideration of physical activity in decision making about community design and layout by position.

		Position
	Overall	Public Health	Planning	Transportation/ Public works	Economic/ Community Development	Parks and Recreation	Mayor/City Manager	Municipal Legislator	P-value
	(n=453)	(n=38)	(n=45)	(n=65)	(n=62)	(n=61)	(n=45)	(n=134)
Barriers		(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
Limited staff									.002
Weak or no barrier	47.2	29.0	55.6	46.2	45.2	36.7	68.1	48.5
Somewhat a barrier	32.4	26.3	35.6	33.9	30.7	41.7	25.5	31.3
Strong barrier	20.4	44.7	8.9	20.0	24.1	21.6	6.4	20.2
Lack of collaboration									.02
Weak or no barrier	58.6	32.2	51.1	60.0	57.6	62.3	68.8	65.4
Somewhat a barrier	25.2	31.6	26.7	26.2	35.5	23.0	25.0	18.8
Strong barrier	16.2	34.2	22.2	13.9	12.9	14.7	6.3	15.8
Lack of political will									.04
Weak or no barrier	42.4	26.3	35.6	36.9	41.9	41.0	60.4	46.3
Somewhat a barrier	28.0	26.3	24.4	29.2	30.7	22.9	25.0	31.3
Strong barrier	23.5	47.4	40.0	33.9	27.4	36.1	14.6	22.4
Opposition from the business community									.11
Weak or no barrier	57.6	52.6	42.2	44.6	59.0	60.7	54.2	67.9
Somewhat a barrier	28.8	31.6	35.6	35.4	31.2	22.2	35.4	20.2
Strong barrier	14.6	15.8	22.2	20.0	9.8	13.1	10.4	11.9
Opposition from residents									.42
Weak or no barrier	9.6	52.6	68.9	46.2	64.5	60.7	56.3	63.4
Somewhat a barrier	30.2	39.5	17.8	38.5	29.0	29.5	33.3	27.6
Strong barrier	10.2	7.9	13.3	15.4	6.5	9.8	10.4	9.0