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Table 2 Descriptive statistics

From: Perceived neighborhood environment walkability and health-related quality of life among predominantly Black and Latino adults in New York City

 

Without MI

With MI

N

%

N

%

Gender

 Male

249

19.9

249

19.9

 Female

1000

80.1

1003

80.1

BMI

 Under and Normal (< 25 kg/m2)

308

26.1

330

26.4

 Overweight (25–29.9 kg/m2)

378

32.0

399

31.9

 Obese (≥30 kg/m2)

495

41.9

523

41.8

Income

 $20,000 or more

496

45.4

566

45.2

 Less than $20,000

596

54.6

686

54.8

Education

 Less than HS

226

18.7

234

18.7

 HS graduate

405

33.4

418

34.6

 Some college or college graduate

580

47.9

600

47.9

Employment

 Employed

455

37.9

469

37.5

 Self-employed

133

11.1

143

11.4

 Homemaker

137

11.4

144

11.5

 Student

90

7.5

92

7.3

 Retired

63

5.3

66

5.3

 Unable to work

131

10.9

136

10.9

 Unemployed for 1 year or more

81

6.8

84

6.7

 Unemployed for less than 1 year

72

6.0

78

6.2

 Don’t know/not sure

38

3.2

40

3.2

Marital status

 Married

333

27.3

340

27.2

 Divorced

83

6.8

84

6.7

 Widowed

34

2.8

37

3

 Separated

120

9.9

123

9.8

 Never married

537

44.1

553

44.2

 A member of an unmarried couple living together

111

9.1

115

9.2

Ethnicity

 Hispanic

563

53.9

678

54.1

 Black

372

35.6

433

34.6

 Other

110

10.5

141

11.3

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Age

38.8

12.5

38.8

12.5

NEWS walkability enablers (range = 1–4)

2.7

0.5

2.7

0.5

NEWS walkability barriers (range = 1–4)

2.6

0.6

2.6

0.6

NEWS neighborhood satisfaction (range = 1–5)

3.4

0.8

3.4

0.8

Physical HR-QoL (0–100)

46.0

9.7

45.8

9.5

Mental HR-QoL (0–100)

48.7

11.3

48.9

11.1

  1. NEWS Neighborhood Environmental Walkability Survey, HR-QoL health-related quality of life