Table 2.

The use of walking loops among study parks with this feature (n = 50 parks).

Park use measurement	Sample mean (%)
Loops empty (% of observations)	35.1
Average use per hour	3.8 persons/hr
Average use per week	291 persons hr/week
Average use by sex
Females	1.6/hr (43)
Males	2.1/hr (57)
Average use by age group
Children	1.0/hr (27)
Teens	0.4/hr (11)
Adults	2.0/hr (54)
Seniors	0.3/hr (8)
Apparent race/ethnicity of users
Latino	1.1/hr (29)
African American	0.9/hr (24)
White	1.5/hr (39)
Asian and other	0.3/hr (8)
Observed activity levels of users
Sedentary	0.2/hr (5)
Moderate	2.9/hr (76)
Vigorous	0.7/hr (18)