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Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2009 Feb;41(2):314–321. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318185496c

TABLE 3.

Partial correlation coefficients between Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS) and walking for transportation and leisure.

NEWS Subscale or Item	Ages 20–39	Ages 40–49	Ages 50–65	Ages 66–75	Ages 76+	χ² for Differences by Age Group
Transportation walking Residential density	0.277^*	0.069	0.169^*	0.189^*	0.184	9.39
Land use mix–diversity	0.292^*	0.143^*	0.151^*	0.424^*	0.351^*	19.47^†
Land use mix–access	0.287^*	0.128^*	0.215^*	0.339^*	0.383^*	12.44^†
Street connectivity	0.244^*	0.197^*	0.143^*	0.092	−0.080	13.87^†
Walking/cycling facilities	0.182^*	0.124^*	0.180^*	0.155^*	0.121	1.15
Neighborhood esthetics	0.235^*	0.122^*	0.194^*	0.101	0.063	5.89
Pedestrian/traffic safety	0.223^*	0.026	0.126^*	0.016	−0.132	18.93^†
Safety from crime	−0.097^*	−0.053	−0.129^*	−0.119	0.057	4.63
Recreational facilities near home	0.160^*	0.110^*	0.091	0.220^*	0.341^*	9.55^†
Park near home	0.137^*	0.081	0.066	0.016	0.300^*	9.27
Leisure walking Residential density	0.219^*	0.112^*	0.021^‡	0.121	0.006	10.64^†
Land use mix–diversity	0.129^*^‡	0.010	0.111^*	0.175^*^‡	0.019^‡	5.49
Land use mix–access	0.097^*^‡	−0.041^‡	0.132^*	0.173^*	0.084^‡	8.50
Street connectivity	0.078^*^‡	−0.009^‡	0.031	0.084	−0.034	2.74
Walking/cycling facilities	0.096^*	−0.029^‡	0.065	0.136	−0.030	5.79
Neighborhood esthetics	0.160^*	0.006	0.107^*	0.041	0.072	5.48
Pedestrian/traffic safety	0.091	−0.079	0.097	0.082	−0.093	10.84^†
Safety from crime	−0.138^*^‡	−0.075	0.011	−0.014	−0.112	5.77
Recreational facilities near home	0.063	0.009	0.108^*	0.101	−0.060	4.49
Park near home	0.043	−0.014	0.067	0.048	−0.072	3.02

Adjusted for sex, BMI, education level, income, and driver’s license.

Significant correlation coefficients (P < 0.05).

^†

Significant difference among age groups (P < 0.05).

^‡

Significantly lower than transportation walking (P < 0.05).