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. 2017 Jan 13;14(1):76. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14010076

Table 3.

Results of Chi-square test between neighborhood design and validation questions and percentage of responses according to neighborhood design type. Shown in bold are significant results (p < 0.05) and highest percentages of affirmative answers.

Neighborhood Design Types Questions p Value Answer Options Traditional (%) Suburbs (%) Enclosed (%) Cluster (%)
All designs Age of home <0.001 On or before 1950s 66.8 31.4 8.7 2.2
Between 1960s and 1980s 19.2 45.7 37.0 80.4
On 1990s or later 13.5 21.4 52.2 9.5
Don’t know 0.5 1.4 2.2 2.2
Traditional development Neighborhood has alleys <0.001 Yes 52.7 15.7 4.3 8.7
No 40.3 84.3 95.7 91.3
Back alleys serve most garages <0.001 Yes 31.7 4.3 6.5 6.5
No 168.3 95.7 14.8 93.5
Most dwellings have front porches <0.001 Yes 66.2 44.3 46.7 33.3
No 33.8 55.7 53.3 66.7
Suburban development How common are detached single-family <0.001 None 0.5 2.7 10.9 13.3
A few 2.3 1.4 6.5 37.8
Some 11.2 9.6 15.2 24.4
Most 68.4 26.0 21.7 15.6
All 35.5 60.3 45.7 8.9
Neighborhood has many cul-de-sacs <0.001 Yes 12.7 87.1 81.8 59.1
No 87.3 12.9 18.2 40.9
Enclosed community Gates <0.001 Yes 2.4 7.4 37.0 4.4
No 97.6 92.6 63.0 95.6
Fences <0.001 Yes 4.8 16.2 55.6 9.1
No 95.2 83.8 44.4 90.9
Cluster housing How common are townhouses <0.001 None 32.2 56.3 45.7 6.7
A few 36.6 14.1 10.9 8.9
Some 27.3 21.1 26.1 15.6
Most 3.4 8.5 13.0 46.7
All 0.5 0.0 4.3 22.2
Shared facilities <0.001 Yes 19.1 35.3 44.4 77.8
No 80.9 64.7 55.6 22.2
Greenspace in close proximity 0.513 Yes 70.4 67.1 65.2 78.3
No 29.6 32.9 34.8 21.7