Table 1.
Sample Characteristics and Prevalence of Walking, by Domain and Selected Characteristics—Summer ConsumerStyles 2012
| Prevalence (%) (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Sample counts | Population weights (%) (95% CI) | Any walking | Transportation walking | Leisure walking |
| Total | 3951 | 100.0 | 74.6 (74.6, 74.6) | 54.2 (54.2, 54.3) | 56.3 (56.3, 56.3) |
| Age (years) | |||||
| 18–34 | 821 | 30.4 (28.3, 32.5) | 76.8 (73.1, 80.4) | 58.6 (54.3, 62.9) | 54.7 (50.4, 59.1) |
| 35–49 | 1172 | 25.6 (23.9, 27.4) | 73.8 (70.2, 77.4) | 53.6 (49.6, 57.6) | 57.5 (53.5, 61.4) |
| 50–64 | 1195 | 26.5 (24.7, 28.3) | 74.5 (71.2, 77.9) | 52.8 (49.0, 56.7) | 58.7 (55.0, 62.5) |
| 65+ | 763 | 17.6 (16.1, 19.1) | 72.2 (68.0, 76.4) | 49.8 (45.1, 54.5) | 53.6 (48.9, 58.3) |
| Education level | |||||
| Less than high school | 238 | 12.4 (10.8, 14.2) | 70.0 (63.0, 77.0) | 54.7 (47.2, 62.2) | 48.9 (41.4, 56.5) |
| High school | 1001 | 29.7 (27.8, 31.8) | 69.8 (66.1, 73.4) | 47.0 (42.9, 51.0) | 52.9 (48.8, 56.9) |
| Some college | 1262 | 28.8 (27.0, 30.7) | 77.2 (74.3, 80.0) | 58.4 (54.9, 62.0) | 56.3 (52.7, 59.9) |
| College graduate | 1450 | 29.1 (27.3, 30.9) | 79.1 (76.1, 82.0) | 57.4 (53.8, 60.9) | 62.9 (59.5, 66.4) |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 2930 | 67.6 (65.4, 69.7) | 73.8 (71.7, 76.0) | 52.1 (49.7, 54.5) | 55.7 (53.3, 58.1) |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 385 | 11.3 (9.9, 12.8) | 75.5 (69.5, 81.6) | 59.6 (52.8, 66.4) | 58.9 (52.1, 65.7) |
| Hispanic | 403 | 13.8 (12.2, 15.5) | 77.5 (72.2, 82.8) | 56.2 (49.7, 62.6) | 57.0 (50.6, 63.4) |
| Other | 233 | 7.3 (6.1, 8.7) | 75.1 (67.3, 82.9) | 62.3 (53.5, 71.1) | 56.5 (47.5, 65.6) |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 1844 | 48.6 (46.5, 50.7) | 73.1 (70.4, 75.8) | 56.2 (53.1, 59.3) | 52.0 (48.9, 55.1) |
| Female | 2107 | 51.4 (49.3, 53.5) | 76.1 (73.6, 78.6) | 52.4 (49.5, 55.3) | 60.4 (57.5, 63.2) |
| MSA status | |||||
| Nonmetro | 591 | 16.0 (14.5, 17.7) | 72.6 (67.9, 77.3) | 48.6 (43.3, 54.0) | 53.4 (48.1, 58.7) |
| Metro | 3360 | 84.0 (82.3, 85.5) | 75.0 (73.0, 77.0) | 55.3 (53.0, 57.6) | 56.8 (54.5, 59.1) |
| Region | |||||
| Northeast | 726 | 18.2 (16.6, 19.8) | 73.3 (68.8, 77.7) | 58.6 (53.8, 63.4) | 53.4 (48.5, 58.4) |
| Midwest | 994 | 21.7 (20.0, 23.4) | 76.2 (72.6, 79.8) | 54.8 (50.5, 59.0) | 57.0 (52.7, 61.2) |
| South | 1353 | 37.1 (35.1, 39.2) | 69.5 (66.2, 72.8) | 46.3 (42.7, 49.8) | 53.5 (50.0, 57.0) |
| West | 878 | 23.1 (21.3, 24.9) | 82.4 (79.1, 85.8) | 63.2 (58.7, 67.6) | 62.4 (58.0, 66.8) |
Note. Rows of boldface numbers are significantly (P < .05) different within the block. Prevalence of transportation walking for age group and boldfaced blocks for education level are also significant for linear trend.
Abbreviations: MSA, Metropolitan Statistical Area.