Towards translation of environmental determinants of physical activity in children into multi-sector policy measures: study design of a Dutch project

Table 1 Population characteristics of municipalities included in the study*

	Tilburg	Breda	's Hertogenbosch	Roosendaal
Total number of inhabitants	201,259	170,349	135,648	77,450
Degree of urbanisation (number of inhabitants per km²)	1,716	1,344	1,606	727
Percentage of inhabitants aged 0-14 years (%)	16.7	17.3	17.2	17.6
Percentage western immigrants** (%)	8.2	10.0	8.6	8.7
Percentage non-western immigrants*** (%)	13.4	10.2	9.9	11.9

* Characteristics per 01-01-2007
** Immigrants are defined as persons with at least one parent born in a foreign country. Western immigrants are all immigrants from Europe (with exception of Turkey), North-America, Oceania or Indonesia or Japan.
*** Immigrants are defined as persons with at least one parent born in a foreign country. Non-western immigrants are all immigrants from Turkey, Africa, Latin-America or Asia (with exception of Indonesia and Japan).
All data derived from CBS Statline [2].

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