Table A1.
Data sources.
Neighborhood variable | Source | Level | Methodology |
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Closest recreation site distance (mi) | Nashville Open Data Portal, Nashville Metro Parks and Recreation website | Exact coordinates | -2016 dataset cleaned to include only public parks, greenways, public playgrounds, pools, and community centers -Baseline dataset generated by removing all sites established after 2011 -Recreation site entry points generated in ArcMap by intersection with road network -Measures generated through network analysis in ArcMap |
Number of recreation sites within 0.5 mi network buffer | |||
Number of crimes within 0.5 mi linear buffer | Metro Nashville Police Department | Exact coordinates | -Datasets included all incidents reported to the MNPD annually -Only personal safety crimes (e.g., assault, burglary, harassment) were included, consistent with our prior work14 - Incidents excluded if missing coordinates -Measure was highly associated with more sensitive kernel density estimate of crime by pairwise correlation (0.96, p<0.001) |
Stray dogs per sq mi | Nashville Metro Animal Care and Control | Zip code | -Annual stray dog counts adjusted for zip code total land area |
Income inequality (Gini index) | Census Population Estimates Program | Census tract | -Gini index connected with participant addresses by census tract |