Older adults’ transportation walking: a cross-sectional study on the cumulative influence of physical environmental factors

Table 1 Descriptive statistics

Variables	Descriptives
Age (M ± SD)	74.2 ± 6.4
Gender (% female)	55.5
Marital status (%)
Married / cohabiting	68.0
Divorced / never married	6.2
Widowed	25.8
Educational level (%)
Primary	46.1
Lower secondary	27.7
Higher secondary	16.1
Tertiary	10.0
Monthly Income (%)
500 - 999 euro	26.4
1000 - 1499 euro	38.2
1500 - 1999 euro	19.9
≥ 2000 euro	15.6
Number of functional limitations¹ (M ± SD)	2.5 ± 2.6
Area of residence (%)
Rural	32.7
Semi-urban	34.8
Urban	32.5
Environmental index² (M ± SD)	4.7 ± 1.6
Distance to services³ (%)
Large	22.3
Medium	23.4
Short	54.3
Daily walking for transportation (%)	34.9

M mean, SD Standard deviation.
¹Number of activities of daily living in which participants reported to be limited (range: 0 - 7).
²Number of favorable environmental factors participants reported to be present in their neighborhood (range: 0 - 7).
³“Facilities (e.g. shop, bank, etc.) are located within short distances from my home”. Large= completely inapplicable/inapplicable; medium= neutral/applicable; short= completely applicable.

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