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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for participants, including socio-demographic, pedestrian environment, and physical activity measures (n = 251)

From: Comparing objective measures of environmental supports for pedestrian travel in adults

Variable

Mean

SD

Minimum

Maximum

Range of middle tertile

Socio-demographic measures

   Age, continuous

50.49

14.29

19

90

  

   Female (binary; 1 = yes)

.66

.47

0

1

  

   College (binary; 1 = college degree)

.84

.37

0

1

  

Physical activity

   Walk trips (number in week)

8.86

9.22

0

43

  

   Steps (average censored daily)

7042

3173

0

18046

  

Pedestrian environment

Aggregation technique

      

   Presence of sidewalks

average

.59

.16

.05

.92

.50

.63

 

length

.59

.17

.06

.93

.49

.64

 

distance

.60

.20

.05

1.18

.50

.67

   Good sidewalk condition

average

.78

.16

.14

1.00

.70

.91

 

length

.76

.17

.04

1.00

.69

.88

 

distance

.77

.25

.08

1.95

.70

.88

   Connections

average

3.30

.47

2.00

4.22

2.99

3.58

 

length

3.35

.47

2.00

4.36

3.06

3.63

 

distance

3.31

.93

1.66

7.23

2.78

3.59

   Wide sidewalks

average

.96

.03

.86

1.00

.96

.98

 

length

.94

.04

.83

1.00

.93

.97

 

distance

.99

.21

.53

2.15

.89

1.03

   Crossing aid present

average

.30

.15

.00

.61

.24

.33

 

length

.31

.15

.00

.62

.26

.39

 

distance

.29

.23

.00

1.32

.18

.27

   Crosswalk present

average

.27

.14

.00

.68

.21

.32

 

length

.28

.14

.00

.67

.22

.34

 

distance

.25

.20

.00

1.19

.16

.25