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- The study explored how living by the coast versus inland, along with perceived environmental qualities, affects walking and physical activity levels.
- Men were more likely to walk in their neighborhoods if they lived near the coast and valued aesthetics, convenience, and access to facilities, while women’s neighborhood walking was highly correlated with convenience but negatively impacted by access ratings.
- Overall, while local environmental factors influenced neighborhood walking, they had little effect on broader physical activity levels, highlighting the need for gender-specific insights in promoting physical activity.
Article Abstract
Purpose: Ecological models highlight the importance of environmental influences. We examined associations of coastal versus noncoastal location and perceived environmental attributes with neighborhood walking, total walking, and total activity.
Methods: Telephone interviews with 800 faculty and general staff of an Australian university.
Results: Men were significantly more likely to walk in their neighborhood if they lived in a coastal location (odds ratio [OR] = 1.66), and they highly rated environmental "aesthetics" (OR = 1.91), "convenience" of facilities (OR = 2.20), and "access" to facilities (OR = 1.98). For women, neighborhood walking was associated with high ratings of "convenience" (OR = 3.78) but was significantly less likely if they had high ratings for "access" (OR = 0.48). For total walking and total physical activity, few significant associations emerged.
Conclusions: Environmental attributes were related to walking in the neighborhood but not to more general activity indices. Understanding gender-specific environmental correlates of physical activity should be a priority.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.4278/0890-1171-18.3.239 | DOI Listing |
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