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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2017 Jan;52(1 Suppl 1):S20–S30. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.06.010

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Selected Street Segments (n=42)

Descriptive % or mean(range)
Land usea
  Residentialb 33.3
  Commercial/Businessc 26.2
  Recreational/Open Spaced 40.8
Povertye
  Low (<10%) 35.7
  Medium (10%–19.99%) 26.2
  High (≥20%) 38.1
% Blackf 50.3 (0.0, 100)
% under the age 18f 20.9 (4.8, 32.1)
% female-headed householdf 45.8 (0.0, 99.3)
% unemployedf 9.6 (2.0, 23.2)
% receiving public assistancef 12.3 (0.0, 54.5)
a

Land use categories were defined using Google Street View to observe street segments.

b

Residential land use only.

c

Commercial/business land use had at least one parcel on the street segment as one of the following: commercial/institutional/industrial property.

d

Recreational/open space land use had at least one parcel on the street segment as one of the following: vacant lots/open space/parks/recreational facilities.

e

Poverty is defined as the % of the population in the census tract classified as below the official poverty threshold according to the 2005–2008 American Community Survey.18

f

Characteristic of the census tract in which the street segment is located (2010 U.S. Census).