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Table 3 Overall and site-specific perceived neighbourhood environment attributes

From: Associations between parental perceptions of neighbourhood environments and active travel to school: IPEN Adolescent study

 

High-income countries

Low-middle-income countries

 

All sites

Australia Melb

Belgium Ghent

Czech Rep HK

Czech Rep Olomouc

Denmark Odense

China Hong Kong

Israel Haifa

Portugal Various cities

Spain Valencia

USA Baltimore

USA Seattle

Bangladesh Dhaka

Brazil Curitiba

India Chennai

Malaysia KL

Nigeria Gombe

N

6302

438

291

155

183

210

1295

232

184

465

485

443

92

493

316

752

268

Walking distance to school

Mean

3.52

3.89

4.17

3.11

2.85

2.83

3.58

3.48

3.64

2.50

4.13

4.13

2.96

3.35

3.91

2.83

3.80

 (SD)

(1.36)

(1.28)

(1.23)

(1.33)

(1.40)

(1.23)

(1.35)

(1.21)

(1.30)

(1.14)

(1.17)

(1.15)

(1.13)

(1.37)

(1.32)

(1.29)

(1.06)

% 1–5 min

8.47

6.85

5.15

9.68

14.21

13.81

7.95

7.33

5.98

21.29

4.12

3.61

10.87

11.16

4.75

8.78

2.61

% 6–10 min

14.30

8.22

5.84

14.84

23.50

25.71

16.68

11.21

14.67

30.75

6.19

6.77

21.74

18.26

14.56

11.04

6.34

% 11–20 min

22.01

18.04

11.00

19.35

14.75

30.95

23.09

34.48

26.09

32.04

17.11

15.58

38.04

25.56

19.30

15.69

32.09

% 21–30 min

13.09

17.58

12.03

12.26

8.74

10.95

14.21

19.40

12.50

8.60

14.43

16.93

17.39

14.40

8.23

5.05

25.00

% 31+ min

32.59

44.75

52.92

14.84

15.85

13.33

37.92

27.16

38.59

7.31

54.23

51.92

10.87

30.43

53.16

7.58

32.46

% missing

9.54

4.57

13.06

29.03

22.95

5.24

0.15

0.43

2.17

0

3.92

5.19

1.09

0.20

0

51.86

1.49

Residential density

Mean

213.5

48.86

71.59

155.80

111.80

106.10

468.40

216.80

121.55

251.10

38.67

23.83

177.30

96.30

65.64

292.0

271.50

 (SD)

(221)

(103.77)

(109.0)

(114.6)

(98.39)

(109.96)

(203.2)

(148.5)

(93.97)

(134.67)

(57.90)

(33.73)

(82.87)

(126.68)

(77.79)

(230.36)

(159.36)

% missing

14.77

42.69

0.69

34.19

49.73

0

0

0.43

27.17

0

15.05

8.80

0

0

0

56.52

3.73

LUM diversity (excluding transit stops)

Mean

3.22

3.03

3.39

3.28

3.10

2.99

3.43

3.01

3.49

4.19

2.72

2.73

3.40

2.97

3.38

2.73

3.37

 (SD)

(0.89)

(0.84)

(0.83)

(0.86)

(0.87)

(0.94)

(0.81)

(0.86)

(0.78)

(0.53)

(0.90)

(0.88)

(0.65)

(0.69)

(0.69)

(0.78)

(0.79)

% missing

12.55

42.69

1.03

34.19

49.73

0

0

0

27.17

0

0.41

0

1.09

0

0

52.53

3.36

Recreation facilities (excluding parks)

Mean

2.70

2.79

2.69

3.00

2.86

3.69

2.82

2.43

2.60

2.92

2.87

2.91

2.00

2.38

1.76

2.35

2.77

 (SD)

(0.90)

(0.85)

(0.89)

(0.85)

(0.90)

(0.72)

(0.86)

(0.81)

(0.92)

(0.78)

(0.91)

(0.84)

(0.73)

(0.75)

(0.57)

(0.94)

(0.52)

% missing

12.57

42.69

1.72

34.19

49.73

0

0

0

27.17

0

0.41

0

1.09

0

0

52.39

3.36

Accessibility and walking facilities

Mean

2.99

3.25

2.98

3.24

3.09

3.08

2.99

3.10

2.97

3.58

2.97

2.82

2.83

2.88

2.59

2.77

2.74

 (SD)

(0.58)

(0.48)

(0.58)

(0.45)

(0.51)

(0.46)

(0.50)

(0.51)

(0.38)

(0.42)

(0.57)

(0.65)

(0.57)

(0.64)

(0.59)

(0.44)

(0.65)

% missing

12.57

43.84

1.37

34.84

50.27

0

0

0.43

26.63

0

0.21

0

0

0

0

51.86

3.36

Aesthetics

Mean

2.52

2.96

2.27

2.27

2.22

2.66

2.47

2.55

2.38

2.25

3.04

3.12

1.81

2.38

1.52

2.53

2.91

 (SD)

(0.83)

(0.76)

(0.69)

(0.59)

(0.66)

(0.76)

(0.68)

(0.82)

(0.54)

(0.74)

(0.71)

(0.66)

(0.79)

(0.87)

(0.82)

(0.64)

(0.85)

% missing

12.65

43.84

2.06

34.84

50.27

0

0

0.43

27.17

0

0.21

0

0

0

0

52.13

3.36

Traffic safety

Mean

2.61

2.89

2.51

2.89

2.80

2.94

2.82

2.36

2.78

2.61

2.51

2.66

2.37

2.17

2.27

2.37

2.95

 (SD)

(0.67)

(0.61)

(0.59)

(0.55)

(0.58)

(0.71)

(0.50)

(0.70)

(0.46)

(0.72)

(0.59)

(0.57)

(0.60)

(0.77)

(0.68)

(0.53)

(0.88)

% missing

12.55

43.84

2.75

34.19

49.73

0

0

0

24.46

0

0.21

0

0

0

0

51.99

3.73

Pedestrian infrastructure & safety

Mean

2.85

2.81

2.68

3.03

2.93

2.90

2.95

2.90

2.89

3.03

2.80

2.87

2.46

2.55

2.92

2.70

2.96

 (SD)

(0.66)

(0.55)

(0.58)

(0.61)

(0.50)

(0.70)

(0.56)

(0.74)

(0.50)

(0.62)

(0.66)

(0.64)

(0.59)

(0.79)

(0.80)

(0.58)

(0.83)

% missing

12.57

43.84

2.75

34.19

49.73

0

0

0

24.46

0

0.41

0

0

0

0

51.99

3.73

Safety from crime

Mean

2.81

3.14

3.10

2.88

2.80

3.67

2.69

3.25

2.98

3.25

2.95

3.07

1.97

2.04

3.03

2.05

2.72

 (SD)

(0.93)

(0.78)

(0.76)

(0.73)

(0.72)

(0.59)

(0.87)

(0.86)

(0.55)

(0.79)

(0.72)

(0.73)

(0.86)

(0.84)

(1.10)

(0.71)

(1.15)

% missing

12.60

43.84

2.06

34.84

49.73

0

0

0.86

25.54

0.22

0.41

0

0

0

0

51.86

3.36

Transit stop proximity

Mean

4.11

4.53

4.64

4.33

4.25

4.61

3.91

4.50

4.56

4.77

3.63

4.03

2.15

4.74

3.79

3.19

4.03

 (SD)

(1.16)

(0.76)

(0.76)

(1.11)

(1.01)

(0.72)

(1.08)

(0.88)

(0.77)

(0.57)

(1.44)

(1.22)

(1.25)

(0.62)

(1.11)

(1.38)

(1.02)

% missing

12.92

43.15

5.15

34.19

49.73

0

0

0.86

27.72

0

0.41

0

3.26

0

0.32

52.53

4.48

Park proximity

Mean

3.01

3.84

3.11

3.02

2.34

3.34

3.35

3.17

2.91

4.02

2.91

3.14

1.84

2.68

2.18

2.54

1.0a

 (SD)

(1.25)

(0.96)

(1.28)

(1.12)

(1.20)

(1.27)

(1.07)

(1.18)

(0.97)

(0.83)

(1.21)

(1.15)

(0.93)

(0.97)

(1.07)

(1.14)

(0)

% missing

13.20

42.69

2.06

34.19

50.82

0

0

0

27.17

0

0.41

0

3.26

0

0

57.05

3.36

Trees

Mean

2.96

3.61

2.54

2.81

2.58

2.49

3.19

3.20

2.62

3.07

3.34

3.11

1.99

3.25

2.06

2.99

1.84

 (SD)

(1.00)

(0.61)

(0.94)

(0.82)

(0.79)

(1.07)

(0.76)

(0.87)

(0.76)

(0.97)

(0.79)

(0.90)

(1.21)

(0.95)

(1.27)

(0.74)

(1.18)

% missing

12.73

43.84

3.44

34.84

50.82

0

0

0.86

26.63

0

0.21

0

0

0

0

52.13

3.36

Buffers between street and footpath

Mean

2.32

3.22

1.62

2.71

2.73

2.10

2.81

1.60

2.17

1.65

2.74

2.32

1.47

2.53

1.60

2.62

1.17

 (SD)

(1.10)

(0.93)

(0.76)

(0.90)

(0.79)

(1.12)

(0.87)

(0.97)

(0.71)

(0.91)

(1.08)

(1.12)

(0.85)

(1.15)

(1.11)

(0.84)

(0.59)

% missing

12.77

44.29

2.41

34.84

50.27

0

0

0.86

26.63

0

0.21

0

1.09

0

0

52.13

4.85

Parking difficult

Mean

2.33

2.18

2.22

2.11

1.90

1.40

2.36

2.89

2.33

3.17

1.76

1.68

3.39

2.63

2.12

2.82

2.15

 (SD)

(1.09)

(0.98)

(1.01)

(0.77)

(0.86)

(0.80)

(0.89)

(1.02)

(0.72)

(1.00)

(0.87)

(0.86)

(0.93)

(1.25)

(1.35)

(0.83)

(1.25)

% missing

12.87

43.84

3.09

34.84

51.91

0

0

2.16

26.63

0

0.21

0

1.09

0.20

0.63

52.26

3.36

  1. aThere is no variation in response, all the responses are 1
  2. KL Kuala Lumpur, Melb Melbourne, Rep Republic, HK Hradec Kralove, SES Socio-economic-status, LUM Land use mix, SD Standard deviation, min minutes