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Table 3 Socio-demographic characteristics of study sites

From: The Physical Activity and Redesigned Community Spaces (PARCS) Study: Protocol of a natural experiment to investigate the impact of citywide park redesign and renovation

 

Citywide

Intervention Sites (n = 30)

Control Sites (n = 20)

Difference

Total population

8,175,133

860,098

515,626

344,472

Population over 18 years

78.4%

76.2%

76.9%

−0.7%

White residents

33.3%

18.5%

16.1%

2.3%

Black residents

22.8%

25.5%

31.6%

−6.1%

Asian residents

12.6%

14.2%

13.1%

1.1%

Hispanic residents

28.6%

39.7%

37.2%

2.5%

Population change

2.1%

3.6%

3.2%

0.4%

Population living below poverty line

20.3%

30.2%

27.6%

2.6%

  1. Data in Table 3 are publicly available data