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Table 4 Prevalence of features surrounding 2010 participant households by strata of health behaviors, neighborhood perceptions, and census block group economic hardship and urbanicity

From: The Wisconsin Assessment of the Social and Built Environment (WASABE): a multi-dimensional objective audit instrument for examining neighborhood effects on health

 

Total population (n =939)

Non-residential destinations

Walking and biking trails

Sidewalk density*

Parks

Health promoting behaviors

n

(weighted %, 95% CI)

(row %, 95% CI, Chi Square)

(row %, 95% CI, Chi Square)

(row %, 95% CI, ANOVA)

(row %, 95% CI Chi Square)

Meet physical activity recommendations (>600 MET/MIN/WEEK)

0.22

0.86

0.75

0.48

 Yes

716

76.6 (73.2-80.0)

53.4 (45.3-61.5)

22.2 (14.2-30.1)

43.6 (35.5-51.7)

40.5 (32.9-48.0)

 No

223

23.4 (20.0-26.8)

57.9 (48.9-67.0)

21.6 (13.5-29.7)

44.9 (36.0-53.9)

43.7 (34.3-53.1)

Servings of fruits and vegetables (4–5 daily)

0.15

0.75

0.18

0.27

 Yes

155

17.1 (13.8-20.4)

48.2 (36.1-60.2)

22.8 (12.3-33.3)

37.1 (25.9-48.4)

44.6 (32.2-56.9)

 No

683

82.9 (79.6-86.2)

55.7 (47.4-63.9)

21.4 (13.0-29.8)

44.0 (35.9-52.1)

38.8 (31.7-45.9)

Neighborhood perceptions

    

Many destinations within easy walking distance

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

 Agree

445

58.7 (50.3-67.1)

69.6 (61.3-77.8)

30.6 (19.4-41.8)

59.5 (51.0-68.1)

53.6 (45.3-61.8)

 Disagree

391

41.3 (32.9-49.7)

32.5 (24.8-40.3)

8.7 (4.3-13.1)

19.2 (12.0-26.5)

20.1 (13.7-26.6)

Many interesting things to look at

0.89

0.0010

0.03

0.11

 Agree

645

78.6 (75.0-82.3)

54.1 (45.2-62.9)

24.4 (14.8-34.0)

45.0 (36.7-53.3)

41.5 (33.6-49.3)

 Disagree

190

21.4 ((17.7-25.0)

54.8 (44.2-65.3)

10.6 (4.8-16.3)

35.0 (25.644.3)

33.8 (24.4-43.1)

Community well maintained

0.01

0.63

0.01

0.30

 Agree

747

89.6 (87.3-92.0)

52.4 (43.8-60.9)

22.0 (13.7-30.3)

41.4 (33.4-49.4)

39.2 (31.7-46.7)

 Disagree

84

10.4 (8.0-12.7)

70.2 (58.5-81.8)

18.9 (4.8-33.0)

55.9 (44.1-67.7)

45.1 (33.5-56.8)

Easy access to fresh fruits and vegetables

0.24

0.47

0.92

0.86

 Agree

713

86.6 (83.2-90.0)

53.2 (44.5-62.0)

22.0 (13.4-30.5)

43.0 (34.7-51.2)

39.6 (31.9-47.3)

 Disagree

123

13.4 (10.0-16.8)

61.0 (48.7-73.3)

18.8 (9.1-28.5)

42.5 (32.1-52.8)

40.6 (29.6-51.5)

Census block group characteristics

    

Economic hardship

  

0.02

0.83

0.03

0.19

 Low

362

39.0 (28.2-49.9)

50.3 (37.2-63.4)

24.3 (11.4-37.2)

43.6 (29.3-57.9)

40.4 (28.6-52.1)

 Medium

312

33.1 (21.2-44.9)

43.7 (28.2-59.2)

18.8 (8.3-29.2)

30.2 (15.4-45.1)

33.1 (19.3-47.0)

 High

265

27.9 (19.5-36.2)

73.0 (60.1-85.8)

22.8 (6.0-39.6)

60.6 (47.8-73.4)

52.0 (37.1-66.9)

Urbanicity (Census 2010 urbanized areas & urban clusters)

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

 Urban

587

69.2 (60.2-78.1)

67.9 (58.8-77.1)

28.6 (19.0-38.7)

61.6 (53.0-70.3)

54.0 (46.3-61.7)

 Rural

352

30.8 (21.9-39.8)

24.2 (14.7-33.6)

6.8 (1.9-11.7)

4.2(0.6-7.7)

12.5 (2.2-22.8)

  1. *Sidewalk Density is a measure of total sidewalk length per total segment length within a buffer. All tests for statistical significance are bolded when p<.05.