1. The relationship between cluster-analysis derived walkability and local recreational and transportation walking among Canadian adults
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McCormack, Gavin R, Friedenreich, Christine, Sandalack, Beverly A, Giles-Corti, Billie, Doyle-Baker, Patricia K., and Shiell, Alan
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TRANSPORTATION , *RECREATION , *SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors , *CLUSTER analysis (Statistics) , *WALKING , *CROSS-sectional method , *BUS stops - Abstract
Abstract: We investigated the association between objectively-assessed neighborhood walkability and local walking among adults. Two independent random cross-sectional samples of Calgary (Canada) residents were recruited. Neighborhood-based walking, attitude towards walking, neighborhood self-selection, and socio-demographic characteristics were captured. Built environmental attributes underwent a two-staged cluster analysis which identified three neighborhood types (HW: high walkable; MW: medium walkable; LW: low walkable). Adjusting for all other characteristics, MW (OR 1.40, p<0.05) and HW (OR 1.34, approached p<0.05) neighborhood residents were more likely than LW neighborhood residents to participate in neighborhood-based transportation walking. HW neighborhood residents spent 30-min/wk more on neighborhood-based transportation walking than both LW and MW neighborhood residents. MW neighborhood residents spent 14-min/wk more on neighborhood-based recreational walking than LW neighborhood residents. Neighborhoods with a highly connected pedestrian network, large mix of businesses, high population density, high access to sidewalks and pathways, and many bus stops support local walking. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2012
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