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Table 8 Average walking frequencies, explanatory factors and p-values for associated ANOVA across neighborhoods

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

Variables

Neighborhood

p-value

O1

O2

SM1

SM2

M1

M2

Walking behavior

 Utilitarian walking

11.01

9.97

8.25

8.74

10.37

9.06

0.000

 Hedonic walking

3.01

3.05

3.21

2.27

3.77

1.96

0.000

Objective measures of the built environment

 Residential density

132

73.45

90

57.32

160

115

0.001

 Entropy index

0.51

0.40

0.28

0.35

0.67

0.30

0.000

 Street density

70.1

45.4

42.7

24.6

50.36

48.9

0.000

 Cul-de-sac density

623.5

492

300

250

95.8

18.19

0.004

 Density of bus route

7.2

10.1

12.15

5.3

8.49

3.8

0.003

Perceived measures of the built environment

 Facility accessibility

3.8

3.5

2.9

3.2

4.1

2.7

0.000

 Safety

3.1

4.1

2.8

3

3.3

3.1

0.002

 Attractiveness

2.4

3.2

2.8

2.9

4.3

3.3

0.002

 Walking infrastructure

2.7

2.6

3.4

3.6

3.7

3.1

0.001

 Socializing

4.2

3.9

2.7

3.1

2.9

2.8

0.104

Residential preferences

 Facility accessibility

2.7

2.8

2.5

3.1

3.4

2.6

0.010

 Safety

3

3.1

2.9

3

3

2.8

0.000

 Attractiveness

2.6

2.9

2.7

2.7

3.8

3

0.124

 Walking infrastructure

1.9

2.4

3.3

2.8

3.3

2.2

0.003

 Socializing

2.3

2.8

2.6

3.2

3.1

2.5

0.000

Attitudes factors

 Pro-walking

4.2

3.8

3.1

3

4.3

3.2

0.000

 Car dependent

2.3

2.5

3.6

3.4

3.7

3.8

0.043

 Travel Minimizing

3.4

3.3

2.7

4

2.5

3.9

0.001

 Travel stress

2.1

1.9

2.4

1.5

1.7

2.3

0.006