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Table 2 Proportions of participants’ (N = 308) with certain neighborhood characteristics (% land use) in different buffers surrounding their homes

From: Neighborhood-based PA and its environmental correlates: a GIS- and GPS based cross-sectional study in the Netherlands

 

400 m buffer

800 m buffer

1600 m buffer

 

Mean

(± SD)

Median

(IQR)

Mean

(± SD)

Median

(IQR)

Mean

(± SD)

Median

(IQR)

Residences

64.8

(14.1)

67.8

(21.2)

52.5

(13.0)

54.8

(19.0)

38.2

(9.2)

37.9

(17.1)

Roads

5.1

(3.5)

4.4

(3.4)

5.5

(2.3)

5.6

(3.5)

5.5

(2.0)

5.7

(1.9)

Shops and foodservice industry

4.8

(7.0)

2.7

(6.2)

4.3

(6.5)

2.3

(3.1)

3.8

(6.5)

2.0

(3.5)

Public social-cultural facilities

4.0

(6.1)

1.9

(5.8)

4.2

(4.4)

2.8

(5.3)

4.6

(2.9)

4.1

(4.6)

Green space

9.8

(10.1)

7.2

(15.0)

13.8

(12.6)

10.3

(14.8)

20.1

(12.9)

17.5

(17.8)

Blue space

2.3

(4.8)

0.0

(2.4)

5.1

(7.8)

0.0

(8.2)

7.3

(8.8)

3.0

(14.2)

Sports terrain

2.4

(5.7)

0.0

(2.5)

3.6

(5.0)

2.3

(2.4)

4.3

(3.1)

3.0

(3.6)

Recreational area

0.9

(3.3)

0.0

(0.0)

1.2

(2.7)

0.0

(0.9)

1.1

(1.4)

0.4

(1.5)

  1. Note: SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range. Most land use variables were not normally distributed, hence the median is presented. As for some variables the median was 0, the mean was also presented for interpretation