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Table 1 Results of the principal component analysis conducted with the fifteen objective environmental variables

From: Spatial heterogeneity of the relationships between environmental characteristics and active commuting: towards a locally varying social ecological model

Variable

Principal component 1 Densely built-up areas & facility availability

Principal component 2 Socio-economics: well-off neighborhoods

Median income

−0.01

0.51

% households with a parking spot

−0.36

0.04

% home owners

0.32

0.08

% car owners

−0.38

0.04

% individual housing

−0.33

−0.06

% collective housing

0.34

0.13

% part-time workers

0.17

−0.21

% unemployed

0.11

−0.49

% foreign residents

0.17

−0.42

% university graduates

0.20

0.44

% vegetation cover

−0.20

0.17

Facility density

0.30

0.05

Distance to public transportation

−0.15

−0.03

Bike-sharing density

0.34

0.10

Bike path density

0.10

0.05

Overall KMO score = 0.78; Bartlett’s test p < 0.001

  1. Values in bold font are greater than |0.3|.