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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Act Health. 2020 Feb 1;17(2):211–216. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2019-0200

Table 3.

Associations of Frequency of Seeing People Walking Within Sight of Home with Aerobic Physical Activity Among Women: National Health Interview Survey 2015

Model 1
Model 2
None vs. Somea None vs. Met Recommendationb None vs. Somea None vs. Met Recommendationb


OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Frequency of People Walking Within Sight of Home
  Every day 1.96 (1.27–3.02) 1.90 (1.36–2.67) 1.88 (1.26–2.80) 1.73 (1.24–2.42)
  Every 2–3 days 2.20 (1.20–4.04) 1.76 (1.10–2.82) 2.16 (1.23–3.81) 1.66 (1.03–2.67)
  About once a week 3.17 (1.61–6.25) 1.19 (0.60–2.36) 3.06 (1.59–5.89) 1.12 (0.59–2.15)
  Less than once a week 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Age - - 1.00 (0.99–1.00) 0.99 (0.98–0.99)
Education
 Less than high school - - 1.00 1.00
 High school graduate - - 1.34 (0.93–1.92) 1.45 (1.06–2.00)
 Some college - - 1.82 (1.30–2.55) 2.19 (1.60–2.99)
 College graduate - - 1.87 (1.19–2.92) 2.90 (2.00–4.22)
Latino Subgroup
  Mexican/Mexican-Americans - - 1.00 1.00
  Puerto Ricans - - 0.63 (0.43–0.91) 0.65 (0.47–0.89)
  Cuban/Cuban Americans - - 0.41 (0.18–0.91) 0.52 (0.24–1.09)
  Dominicans - - 0.85 (0.42–1.72) 0.69 (0.40–1.20)
  Central or South Americans - - 0.93 (0.64–1.35) 1.26 (0.91–1.75)
Acculturation
 US-born - - 1.00 1.00
 Foreign-born living in US ≥10 years - - 0.75 (0.48–1.18) 0.50 (0.33–0.75)
 Foreign-born living in US <10 years - - 1.16 (0.88–1.52) 0.89 (0.69–1.15)
a

Some: >0 minutes of activity but less than recommendation.

b

Met recommendation: engaged in ≥150 min of moderate physical activity, ≥75 min of vigorous physical activity, or 150 mins of combination of moderate or vigorous physical activity per week.

OR=Odds Ratio. Boldface indicates statistical significance.