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Table 1 Overall and country-specific sample characteristics

From: Sharing good NEWS across the world: developing comparable scores across 12 countries for the neighborhood environment walkability scale (NEWS)

Countries

All countries

Australia

Belgium

Brazil

Colombia

Czech Republic

Denmark

Hong Kong

Mexico

New Zealand

Spain

United Kingdom

United States of America

Cities

 

Adelaide

Ghent

Curitiba

Bogotá

Olomouc Hradec Králové

Aarhus

Hong Kong

Cuerna-vaca

North Shore; Waitakere; Wellington; Christchurch

Pam-plona

Stoke on Trent

Baltimore, Maryland; Seattle, Washington

Overall N 1

14309

2650

1166

699

1000

512

642

984

677

2033

904

843

2199

Age:

             

Mean

42.3

44.5

42.7

41.1

41.1

37.0

38.9

42.8

42.1

40.6

38.7

43.0

45.1

SD

12.9

12.3

12.6

13.2

14.5

15.0

13.9

12.6

12.6

12.3

14.2

13.3

11.0

 

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Sex:

             

Male

42.9

36.0

47.9

46.9

36.3

38.3

43.3

39.1

44.6

42.0

44.8

43.9

51.8

Female

57.1

64.0

52.1

53.1

63.7

61.7

56.7

60.9

55.4

58.0

55.2

56.1

48.2

Education:

             

Did not complete high school

18.1

23.8

4.4

28.8

36.5

21.3

7.5

40.3

43.5

5.0

7.5

34.0

1.6

High school graduate or some college

38.0

30.0

34.6

32.5

41.7

49.0

44.5

22.9

28.8

56.9

34.7

52.0

33.4

College graduate or more

43.9

46.3

61.0

38.8

21.8

29.7

48.0

36.8

27.6

38.1

57.8

14.1

65.0

Marital Status:

             

Not married or living with a partner

40.4

43.5

26.6

42.1

46.9

45.9

34.6

41.5

35.3

35.8

47.0

55.2

37.9

Married or living with a partner

59.6

56.5

73.4

57.9

53.1

54.1

65.4

58.5

64.7

64.2

53.0

44.8

62.1

  1. N1 for some variables is reduced due to missing data.