Table 6 Subject characteristics of the investigated community residents
Variable | All respondents | Walking path users | Non-users | χ 2(P) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | Â |
Gender (%) | Â | Â | Â | 10.935 (0.001) |
 Male | 752 (49.2) | 195 (42.8) | 557 (52.0) |  |
 Female | 776 (50.8) | 261 (57.2) | 514 (48.0) |  |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 15-19 years | 104 (6.8) | 24 (5.3) | 80 (7.5) | 28.667 (0.000) |
 20 - 59 years | 1072 (70.2) | 287 (62.9) | 784 (73.2) |  |
 60 - 75 years | 352 (23.0) | 145 (31.8) | 207 (19.3) |  |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Unmarried/Divorced/Widowed | 388 (25.4) | 88 (19.3) | 300 (28.0) | 12.811 (0.000) |
 Married | 1140 (74.6) | 368 (80.7) | 771 (72.0) |  |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Junior high school | 568 (37.2) | 190 (41.7) | 378 (35.3) | 10.728 (0.013) |
 High School/technical secondary school | 457 (29.9) | 136 (29.8) | 321 (30.0) |  |
 Junior college | 208 (13.6) | 63 (13.8) | 144 (13.4) |  |
 Bachelors/Masters/Doctorate | 295 (19.3) | 67 (14.7) | 228 (21.3) |  |
Employment status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Employed | 692 (45.3) | 178 (39.0) | 514 (48.0) | 38.495 (0.000) |
 Student | 164 (10.7) | 35 (7.7) | 129 (12.0) |  |
 Retired | 445 (29.1) | 181 (39.7) | 264 (24.6) |  |
 Unemployed | 115 (7.5) | 36 (7.9) | 79 (7.4) |  |
 Others | 112 (7.3) | 26 (5.7) | 85 (7.9) |  |
Family income (Missing = 110) |  |  |  |  |
 <2000RMB | 748 (52.8) | 226 (53.6) | 522 (52.5) | 0.897 (0.639) |
 2000 - 3999RMB | 481 (33.9) | 136 (32.2) | 344 (34.6) |  |
 >4000RMB | 189 (13.3) | 60 (14.2) | 129 (13.0) |  |
BMI (Missing = 31) |  |  |  |  |
 ≤18.5 | 139 (9.3) | 44 (9.8) | 95 (9.1) | 5.766 (0.056) |
 18.5 - 24 | 841 (56.2) | 271 (60.2) | 570 (54.5) |  |
 ≥24 | 517 (34.5) | 135 (30.0) | 381 (36.4) |  |
Distance to sport park (C3) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 ≤ 1 km | 367 (24.0) | 138 (30.3) | 229 (21.4) | 13.817 (0.000) |
 >1 km | 1161 (76.0) | 318 (69.7) | 842 (78.6) |  |
Leisure-time physical activity | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Low | 888 (58.1) | 200 (43.9) | 688 (64.2) | 57.357 (0.000) |
 Moderate | 492 (32.2) | 189 (41.4) | 303 (28.3) |  |
 High | 148 (9.7) | 67 (14.7) | 80 (7.5) |  |
|  | Mean ± SD |  |  | F (P) |
Knowledge of physical activity | 1.39 ± 1.07 | 1.48 ± 1.07 | 1.35 ± 1.06 | 4.753 (0.029) |
Daily sedentary time(min) | 703.58 ± 256.68 | 682.05 ± 263.52 | 713.35 ± 252.62 | 4.784 (0.029) |
Access to services | 14.22 ± 2.95 | 14.39 ± 3.00 | 14.15 ± 2.92 | 2.169 (0.141) |
Roads and aesthetics | 30.01 ± 5.60 | 30.99 ± 5.73 | 29.59 ± 5.49 | 20.270 (0.000) |
Traffic safety | 10.66 ± 2.54 | 10.57 ± 2.54 | 10.69 ± 2.54 | 0.749 (0.387) |
Crime safety | 13.87 ± 3.12 | 14.05 ± 3.27 | 13.80 ± 3.05 | 2.023 (0.155) |