Table 1.
Descriptive of variables and data sources.
| Variable | Description | Source 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Percent poor mental health (“poor mental health”) | Percentage of residents who reported poor mental health 14 or more out of the last 30 days | CDC |
| Percent obese (“obesity”) | Percentage of residents with Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥30.0 kg/m2 | CDC |
| NDVI (“greenness”) | Mean of 250 m NDVI pixel values within city limit | MODIS |
| Percent tree cover (“tree cover”) | Mean of 30 m percent tree canopy cover pixel values within city limit | MLRC |
| Median income | Median household income in dollars | ACS |
| Percent degree | Percentage of residents aged 25 and older with bachelor, associates, professional, or doctoral degree | ACS |
| Percent White | Percentage of non-Hispanic White residents | ACS |
| Percent drivers | Percentage of people aged 16 or above commuting to work via automobile (alone) and a measure for urban sprawl | ACS |
| Population density | Number of residents per acre and a measure for urban sprawl | ACS |
| Median age | Median age of residents | ACS |
| Percent female | Percentage of female residents | ACS |
| Physically inactive | Percentage of people who did not participate in physical activities or exercise in the past month | CDC |
| Median age of housing | Median age of housing structure in years (2018 minus the median year when housing buildings were built) | ACS |
| Population | Total population of city | ACS |
1 ACS is the American Community Survey run by the US Census Bureau. MODIS is Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer. MLRC is Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium. CDC is Center for Disease Control and Prevention.