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. 2019 Feb 22;60(4):638–650. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnz005

Table 2.

Linking the Interview Questions, a Prior Coding and Final Coding to the Webber Model Domains

Webber domains Interview questions, linked to and informed by Webber domains A priori and initial codes, informed by Webber model and first reading of transcripts Final, most salient codes and themes, based on line-by-line coding and team analysis meetings
Mobility determinants: “Wedges of the cone” *
Physical
Psychosocial
Environmental
Financial
What gets you moving your body? Prompt for time, place, with whom
What prevents you from moving your body? Prompt for barriers: cost; access; pain; physical ability, etc.
If city planners could change one thing about your neighborhood, what would it be?
Do you think that your neighborhood is walkable? Why/why not?
Can you tell me about the transit system in your neighborhood? Prompt for cost; subsidized passes; use of transit.
Facilitators to PA and mobility:
- Desire to maintain health
- Friendships and social connections
- Shops and services in neighborhood
- Transit provides access
Barriers to PA and mobility:
- Pain
- Domestic work
- Enviro barriers
- Cost
Walking for well-being
Socializing with peers
Same-language and culturally familiar activities
Reliance on transit; gendered transportation; transit affords independence
Life spaces
Home –> world
Please describe a typical day? A typical week? Prompts: where do you go? What do you do? Who do you see? How do you get there? Room/Home
Neighborhood
Surrounding area
Service community
Surrounding area
World
Home
Community centers
Neighborhood house
Outermost ring: (In addition to above questions)
Gender
Biography
Culture
How would you rate your ability to communicate in English? Prompt for: communication difficulties; situations where they are able to use their first language, etc. Communication difficulties; same-language activities Same-language activities
Do you think that (insert ethnocultural group here) people have physical activity habits that are unique? Do you think that you are more/less active than older, Caucasian Canadians? Why? Cultural differences?
What gets you moving your body? Tell me about your typical day/week. (from above) Housework
Domestic Work
Walking not driving
Gendered work
Gendered transportation
Independence A desire for independence and self- reliance

Note: PA = physical activity.

*Note that we did not include cognition in our model, one of the “wedges” in the Webber model. One of the exclusion criteria for the Active Streets Active People: Foreign-Born study was a diagnosis of significant cognitive impairment.