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Table 6 Key variables loading on travel attitude factors

From: Utilitarian and hedonic walking: examining the impact of the built environment on walking behavior

Factors

Statements and loadingsa

Pro- walking

Walking generally wastes time(−0.635); I prefer to walk rather than drive whenever possible (0.536); I like walking (0.453)

Car Dependent

I need a car to do many of the things I like to do (0.617); we would like to own at least one more car (0.475); traveling by car is safer overall than walking (0.470); I like driving (0.364)

Travel Minimizing

When I need to buy something, I usually prefer to get it at the closest store possible (0.731); I often use the telephone or the Internet to avoid having to travel somewhere (0.638); The only good thing about traveling is arriving at destination (0.486);

Travel stress

I like traveling alone (−0.652); traveling makes me nervous (0.482) Traveling is generally tiring for me (0.369)

  1. aFactor loadings are presented in parentheses