Parental perception of built environment characteristics and built environment use among Latino families: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Survey items

Built environment safety scale items:	Response options
1. There are sidewalks on most of the streets in my neighborhood	0: Disagree 1: I don’t know/am not sure 2: Agree
2. The sidewalks in my neighborhood are well maintained	0: Disagree 1: I don’t know/am not sure 2: Agree
3. Overall, my neighborhood is a safe place to walk	0: Disagree 1: I don’t know/am not sure 2: Agree
4. Overall, my neighborhood is a safe place to ride a bike	0: Disagree 1: I don’t know/am not sure 2: Agree
5. The traffic in my neighborhood makes it difficult to walk or ride a bike in my neighborhood	0: Agree 1: I don’t know/am not sure 2: Disagree
6. Many drivers exceed posted speed limits while driving in my neighborhood	0: Agree 1: I don’t know/am not sure 2: Disagree
7. My neighborhood streets are well lit at night	0: Disagree 1: I don’t know/am not sure 2: Agree
8. The crime rate in my neighborhood makes it unsafe to go on walks	0: Agree 1: I don’t know/am not sure 2: Disagree
9. Unattended dogs in my neighborhood make it unsafe to go on walks	0: Agree 1: I don’t know/am not sure 2: Disagree

Nine items comprise the built environment safety scale. Each item had three response options: I agree; I don’t know/am not sure; I disagree. Items were scored so that higher scores represented safer environments. Thus items 5, 6, 8, and 9 were reverse coded as shown above

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