Table 3.
Community characteristics associated with participant engagement (N = 321,624)
| Overall | MOVE! visits in the first year of program participation | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2‐5 | 6 or more | |||
| Number of participants | 321,624 | 138,013 (42.9%) | 107,724 (33.5%) | 75,887 (23.6%) | … |
| County population (2008), median (IQR) | 349,778 (110,491‐910,058) | 405,660 (125,081‐1,009,832) | 325,166 (106,398‐894,401) | 299,489 (98,385‐868,068) | < 0.001a |
| Recreational facilities, per 10,000 population, median (IQR) | 8.7 (6.7‐11.6) | 8.6 (6.5‐11.5) | 8.8 (6.7‐11.7) | 8.8 (6.7‐11.6) | < 0.001a |
| Community food outlets, per 10,000 population, median (IQR) | |||||
| Grocery stores | 17.7 (13.9‐22.1) | 17.9 (14.0‐22.4) | 17.6 (13.6‐22.0) | 17.3 (13.5‐21.6) | < 0.001a |
| Supercenters | 1.7 (1.1‐2.4) | 1.7 (1.1‐2.3) | 1.7 (1.1‐2.4) | 1.7 (1.1‐2.4) | < 0.001a |
| Convenience stores | 37.8 (30.6‐48.7) | 37.5 (29.6‐47.4) | 38.4 (31.2‐48.8) | 38.7 (31.6‐49.6) | < 0.001a |
| Specialty‐food stores | 6.1 (4.4‐8.1) | 6.2 (4.6‐8.1) | 6.1 (4.3‐8.1) | 6.1 (4.3‐8.1) | < 0.001a |
| Fast food restaurants | 70.7 (61.8‐80.5) | 70.5 (62.1‐80.2) | 70.7 (62.3‐80.9) | 70.6 (61.3‐81.3) | < 0.001a |
| Full‐service restaurants | 69.8 (58.1‐81.7) | 69.8 (57.6‐81.7) | 69.6 (58.6‐81.8) | 69.6 (57.6‐81.4) | < 0.001a |
| Farmers’ markets | 1.8 (1.0‐3.1) | 1.8 (1.0‐3.0) | 1.8 (1.1‐3.2) | 2.0 (1.1‐3.3) | < 0.001a |
| Environmental factors | |||||
| Natural amenities ranking, n (%) c | < 0.001b | ||||
| Few | 639 (0.2) | 169 (0.1) | 228 (0.2) | 242 (0.3) | … |
| Moderately few | 131,321 (41.4) | 53,190 (39.0) | 45,546 (43.0) | 32,585 (43.3) | … |
| Average | 88,984 (28.0) | 38,642 (28.4) | 30,212 (28.5) | 20,130 (26.8) | … |
| Moderately high | 78,801 (24.8) | 36,243 (26.6) | 24,314 (23.0) | 18,244 (24.3) | … |
| Many | 17,601 (5.6) | 8,005 (5.9) | 5,618 (5.3) | 3,978 (5.3) | … |
| January temperature, °F, median (IQR) c | 2.3 (−2.7‐9.2) | 3.0 (−2.2‐10.3) | 2.3 (−2.8‐8.5) | 1.4 (−3‐8.4) | < 0.001a |
| January hours of sunlight, median (IQR) c | 152.0 (130.0‐184.0) | 153.0 (130.0‐186.0) | 151.0 (129.0‐181.0) | 153.0 (130.0‐185.0) | < 0.001a |
| July temperature, °F, median (IQR) c | 24.7 (22.2‐27.4) | 24.9 (22.2‐27.6) | 24.7 (22.2‐27.3) | 24.5 (22.2‐27.3) | < 0.001a |
| July humidity, %, median (IQR) c | 61.0 (51.0‐68.0) | 62.0 (50.0‐68.0) | 61.0 (51.0‐68.0) | 61.0 (55.0‐68.0) | < 0.001a |
| Proportion of county that is water, %, median (IQR) c | 2.8 (0.8‐12.1) | 2.8 (0.9‐12.2) | 2.7 (0.8‐10.6) | 2.5 (0.8‐12.2) | < 0.001a |
| Topography, n (%) c | < 0.001b | ||||
| Hills and mountains | 107,354 (33.8) | 46,603 (34.2) | 36,933 (34.9) | 23,818 (31.7) | … |
| Plains | 155,896 (49.1) | 65,989 (48.4) | 51,660 (48.8) | 38,247 (50.9) | … |
| Plains with hills | 27,573 (8.7) | 11,677 (8.6) | 8,905 (8.4) | 6,991 (9.3) | … |
| Tablelands | 26,523 (8.4) | 11,980 (8.8) | 8,420 (8.0) | 6,123 (8.1) | … |
| Daily fine‐particulate matter, µg/m3, median (IQR) | 11.1 (9.9‐12.4) | 11.0 (9.8‐12.3) | 11.2 (9.9‐12.4) | 11.2 (9.8‐12.4) | < 0.001a |
a
Kruskal‐Wallis one‐way ANOVA.
b
χ2 test.
c
As reported from US Department of Agriculture’s natural amenities scale, which ranks county’s natural amenities based on six measures: topographic variation, percentage of water area, average summer and winter temperatures, summer humidity, and average winter days with sun. Resulting index is sum of six measures after standardization to zero. Higher values represent more attractive amenities 22 .
IQR, interquartile range.