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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 21.
Published in final edited form as: Urban Stud. 2015 Jun 25;53(12):2624–2636. doi: 10.1177/0042098015592822

Table 4.

Logistic regression of park use, by individual and park characteristics, N = 2368

Usual park activities include sports
Odds ratio
(95% CI)
Usual park activities include walking; no sports
Odds ratio
(95% CI)
Usual park activities are sedentary; no walking or sports Odds ratio
(95% CI)
Gender
 Male*
 Female 0.50+++
(0.401, 0.61)
2.01+++
(1.64, 2.47)
1.59+++
(1.31, 1.94)
Age Group
 18 to 24 1.68+++
(1.26, 2.23)
0.60+++
(0.45, 0.80)
0.63++
(0.47, 0.84)
 25 to 46*
 47+ 0.54+++
(0.43, 0.68)
1.85+++
(1.47, 2.33)
0.74++
(0.59, 0.92)
Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White
 Hispanic 0.84
(0.61, 1.17)
1.19
(0.85, 1.64)
1.43+
(1.06, 1.93)
 African American 1.6+++
(1.23, 2.08)
0.63+++
(0.48, 0.81)
1.10
(0.85, 1.43)
 Other 0.78
(0.52, 1.15)
1.29
(0.87, 1.91)
1.12
(0.77, 1.64)
BMI
 Normal or below 0.95
(0.77, 1.17)
1.06
(0.86, 1.30)
0.96
(0.79, 1.18)
 Overweight/Obese*
Perceived Health
 Excellent 1.37+
(1.05, 1.79)
0.73+
(0.56, 0.95)
0.83
(0.64, 1.10)
 Very Good*
 Good 0.84
(0.67, 1.07)
1.18
(0.94, 1.50)
1.16
(0.92, 1.46)
 Fair/Poor 0.49+++
(0.34, 0.71)
2.03+++
(1.40, 2.95)
1.94+++
(1.41, 2.67)
Residence Distance from Park
 ≤ 0.25 mi*
 0.26 to 0.50 mi 1.20
(0.99, 1.46)
0.83
(0.69, 1.01)
1.04
(0.86, 1.26)
Perceived Park Safety
 Very Safe/Safe 1.08
(0.70, 1.67)
0.93
(0.60, 1.44)
1.0
(0.66, 1.49)
 Not Safe/Not Safe at All*
City
 ABQ, NM 1.01
(0.68, 1.51)
0.99
(0.67, 1.47)
0.71
(0.48, 1.05)
 Chapel Hill, NC 0.79
(0.56, 1.11)
1.27
(0.90, 1.79)
0.52+++
(0.37, 0.74)
 Columbus, OH 1.06
(0.76, 1.47)
0.95
(0.68, 1.31)
0.76
(0.55, 1.06)
 Philadelphia, PA*
Facilities
 3 or fewer 0.67+
(0.45, 0.99)
1.50+
(1.02, 2.21)
1.33
(0.91, 1.94)
 4 or 5 0.76
(0.57, 1.02)
1.31
(0.98, 1.76)
1.19
(0.88,1.60)
 More than 5*
Indoor Recreation Area 1.08
(0.83, 1.40)
0.93
(0.71, 1.20)
0.95
(0.73, 1.24)
Organized Activities Observed 1.02+++
(1.01, 1.03)
0.98+++
(0.97, 0.99)
0.99
(0.99, 1.00)
Model Statistics:
Wald chi-square 216.42 216.42 104.03
p < .0001 < .0001 < .0001
Concordance Statistic 0.70 0.70 0.64
*

Reference group

+

p < .05

++

p < .01

+++

p < 0.001