Table 2 Built environment characteristics of the cohort (n = 703), Alberta’s Tomorrow Project, Canada, 2008–2015
Highest education level attained | Household incomea | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall (n = 703) | High school or less (n = 149) | > High school (n = 554) | Low-income (n = 204) | Not low-income (n = 499) | |
Walkability | |||||
Baseline walkability (mean (SD)) | 57.02 (37.69) | 58.00 (38.56) | 56.75 (37.48) | 65.53 (36.07) | 53.54 (37.81) |
Change in walkability (mean (SD)) | −0.25 (47.91) | −1.56 (52.06) | 0.11 (46.78) | −2.05 (45.14) | 0.49 (49.03) |
Walkability change tertiles | |||||
Decreased walkability (%) | 235 (33.4) | 60 (40.3) | 175 (31.6) | 79 (38.7) | 156 (31.3) |
Minimal change (%) | 234 (33.3) | 36 (24.2) | 198 (35.7) | 67 (32.8) | 167 (33.5) |
Increased walkability (%) | 234 (33.3) | 53 (35.6) | 181 (32.7) | 58 (28.4) | 176 (35.3) |
Specific built characteristics | |||||
Baseline population count (mean (SD)) | 1054.22 (691.57) | 935.24 (532.93) | 1086.22 (725.45) | 1160.86 (693.29) | 1010.62 (686.80) |
Change in population count (mean (SD)) | −17.31 (883.18) | 51.69 (905.20) | −35.87 (877.06) | −19.69 (880.51) | − 16.34 (885.14) |
Baseline number of destination types (mean (SD)) | 4.75 (6.03) | 5.19 (6.57) | 4.63 (5.87) | 5.43 (5.75) | 4.47 (6.12) |
Change in number of destination types (mean (SD)) | −0.32 (7.81) | −0.54 (8.61) | −0.27 (7.59) | −0.21 (7.66) | − 0.37 (7.87) |
Baseline connectivity (mean (SD)) | 15.60 (9.50) | 15.97 (10.09) | 15.50 (9.34) | 18.31 (10.81) | 14.50 (8.68) |
Change in connectivity (mean (SD)) | 1.06 (10.88) | 0.10 (10.75) | 1.31 (10.91) | −0.42 (10.93) | 1.66 (10.81) |