Table 1 Item distribution in PCA (the highest correlation coefficient for the item is in bold)

Sidewalks in the main street

0.788

−0.076

−0.140

0.095

0.015

−0.240

0.007

0.132

Grass/sand strip in the by roads

0.573

0.350

−0.050

−0.084

0.098

−0.316

−0.020

0.099

sidewalks not obstructed

0.726

0.183

0.185

0.145

0.031

−0.010

0.131

−0.163

sidewalks free of hazards

0.666

0.207

0.101

0.153

0.076

0.315

−0.032

0.007

Special lanes to cycle

0.203

0.789

0.083

0.043

0.046

−0.006

−0.088

0.040

Shade in the pathways

−0.001

0.807

0.063

0.204

0.066

0.179

0.020

0.088

Trees in the neighbourhood

0.208

0.508

0.106

0.383

0.050

0.066

−0.232

0.045

Interesting/pleasant things to look in the neighbourhood

−0.118

0.589

0.198

0.189

0.086

0.209

0.129

0.003

Neighbourhood free of dust and fumes

0.206

0.147

0.560

0.360

−0.072

−0.092

0.157

−0.112

Low movement of traffic

0.050

0.247

0.697

0.313

0.150

0.124

0.052

0.114

Low speed of vehicles

−0.116

0.223

0.645

0.328

0.105

0.053

0.323

0.041

Less road traffic accidents

0.092

0.078

0.560

0.183

0.051

0.122

0.330

−0.060

Amenities are easily accessible

0.222

0.046

0.215

0.491

0.123

−0.006

0.087

0.202

Short distance to main road

−0.203

0.246

−0.314

0.514

0.115

−0.115

0.031

0.039

Short distance to transport

−0.015

0.180

0.094

0.672

−0.019

−0.228

0.113

0.358

Terrain is good for PA

−0.045

0.013

0.127

0.575

0.356

−0.156

0.154

0.092

Presence of pedestrian crossing, signals and overhead bridges

0.118

−0.053

0.116

0.739

0.005

0.033

0.322

−0.201

Alternative routes to get from place to place

0.013

0.054

−0.080

0.638

−0.013

−0.007

0.228

0.164

Recreational centers for PA

0.040

0.000

−0.003

0.228

0.573

0.390

−0.115

0.390

Public spaces for recreation

0.138

0.131

0.024

0.104

0.474

0.513

−0.048

0.174

Easy accessibility of recreation places

0.070

0.165

0.061

−0.102

0.750

−0.080

0.020

−0.047

Low crime rate

0.201

0.063

0.029

0. 282

−0.109

0.616

0.201

−0.074

Well lit roads

−0.117

0.182

0.205

−0.090

−0.005

0.669

0.187

−0.217

Neighbourhood free of stray animals

0.122

−0.003

0.110

0.318

−0.134

0.538

0.265

−0.040

Good interaction between people in the neighbourhood

0.021

0.138

0.060

−0.016

−0.048

0.385

0.624

0.301

Harmony between people in the neighbourhood

0.134

−0.148

0.081

0.145

−0.084

0.047

0.801

0.039

Respect each other

−0.082

0.067

−0.018

0.179

0.041

0.150

0.870

0.057

Free of social disorder/disputes

−0.062

0.086

0.114

0.135

−0.072

0.064

0.824

0.026

Helpful people in the neighbourhood

0.029

−0.087

−0.097

0.192

0.055

−0.185

0.862

0.044

Trustworthy people in the neighbourhood

0.081

−0.100

0.054

0.167

0.154

−0.389

0.696

0.262

People in the neighbourhood encourage to be active

−0.024

0.059

−0.042

0.018

−0.066

0.020

0.288

0.687

People in the neighbourhood are physically active

0.042

−0.001

0.106

0.072

−0.090

−0.060

0.095

0.854

Social acceptance for being active for day to day activities

−0.052

0.010

0.063

−0.006

0.005

−0.096

0.068

0.870

Social acceptance for Walking, exercising and recreational sport

−0.020

0.103

−0.114

0.006

0.260

0.010

0.064

0.741