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Table 1 Respondents’ characteristics and environmental factors

From: Do objective neighbourhood characteristics relate to residents’ preferences for certain sports locations? A cross-sectional study using a discrete choice modelling approach

 

Total study population

Non-sports participants

Sports participants

  

Public space

Sports club

Other sports facility

(N = 1,201)

(N = 383)

(N = 313)

(N = 211)

(N = 294)

Socio-demographical factors

Age (in years)

Mean (SD)

51.3 (15.5)

52.8 (15.1)

51.9 (15.1)

47.9 (17.3)

51.1 (14.9)

Female (%)

54.3

54.8

46.6

53.1

62.6

Education (%)

 Low

15.9

24.5

11.8

9.5

13.6

 Middle

37.4

41.0

31.9

37.9

38.1

 High

46.7

34.5

56.2

52.6

48.3

Employed (%)

55.2

48.0

58.8

59.2

57.8

Children living at home (%)

32.2

31.6

27.8

41.7

31.0

Neighbourhood characteristics

Municipality (%)

 Amsterdam

12.5

14.6

16.3

8.1

8.8

 Utrecht

10.7

8.6

10.9

10.9

12.9

 Alphen aan den Rijn

20.0

19.3

15.7

22.7

23.5

 Heerlen

18.2

22.2

13.7

11.8

22.4

 Berkelland

16.8

14.9

19.5

19.4

14.6

 Roerdalen

21.8

20.4

24.0

27.0

17.7

Proportions of land use* Median % (IQR)

 Roads

3.7 (2.6)

3.6 (2.6)

3.6 (2.6)

3.7 (2.7)

3.9 (3.0)

 Green space

47.4 (49.6)

68.5 (44.1)

46.6 (57.1)

46.0 (54.3)

40.7 (54.8)

 Blue space

1.9 (5.1)

0.5 (1.1)

3.6 (7.2)

3.5 (5.1)

3.9 (6.3)

 Facilities

2.6 (5.8)

1.7 (4.0)

2.6 (7.6)

3.1 (6.7)

3.4 (6.9)

Sports facilities* (N)

34.0 (46.0)

15.0 (33.0)

35.0 (58.0)

37.0 (56.0)

43.5 (57.0)

Urban density (%)

 Rural

47.1

44.9

49.2

54.0

42.9

 Hardly – moderately urbanized

13.6

12.3

13.1

14.2

15.3

 Strongly – extremely urbanized

39.3

42.8

37.7

31.8

41.8

Neighbourhood safety (%)

 Below national average (< −-0.05)

32.8

38.9

31.3

23.7

33.0

 About national average (< −-0.049 – 0.049)

20.0

17.2

19.8

18.5

24.8

 Above national average (> 0.05)

47.2

43.9

48.9

57.8

42.2

Neighbourhood SES status (%)

 Below national average (< −-1)

20.5

27.2

16.0

13.7

21.4

 About national average (−-0.99– – 0.99)

61.2

58.0

63.6

68.7

57.5

 Above national average (> 1)

18.3

14.9

20.4

17.5

21.1

  1. Note: SD = Standard Deviation. SES = Socio-economic Status. *Calculated for a 2,000 metre buffer around the centre of the 4 digit postal codes that correspond to adults’ home addresses. SES = Socio-economic Status