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Table 1 Overall and country-specific sample characteristics

From: Development and validation of the neighborhood environment walkability scale for youth across six continents

Countries

All countries

Australia

Bangladesh

Belgium

Brazil

Czech Republic

Denmark

Hong Kong

India

Israel

Malaysia

New Zealand*

Nigeria

Portugal

Spain

USA

Cities

 

Melbourne

Dhaka

Ghent

Curitiba

Olomouc; Hradec Králové

Odense

Hong Kong

Chennai

Haifa

Kuala Lumpur & oth.

Auckland; Wellington

Gombe

Various cities

Valencia

Baltimore, Maryland; Seattle, Washington

Overall N

5714

238

86

279

491

183

197

1291

315

109

348

400

258

132

465

922

Adolescents’ age (years)

 Mean

14.4

14.5

13.9

13.4

14.1

14.2

13.0

14.3

13.8

15.5

14.3

14.6

15.3

16.0

16.5

14.1

 SD

1.7

1.5

1.8

1.4

1.6

1.5

1.2

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.2

1.4

1.7

1.3

0.8

2.4

Adolescents’ sex

 Male, %

46.7

40.3

51.2

41.9

49.1

42.6

57.9

42.8

52.4

38.5

40.2

55.5

55.0

34.8

44.9

49.7

Highest education in household (%):

 Did not complete high school

15.0

10.5

4.7

17.6

19.1

11.5

10.7

18.4

34.6

7.3

24.1

22.5

6.2

30.3

10.8

0.8

 High school graduate or some college

35.7

24.4

34.9

39.4

39.9

45.4

21.3

46.3

48.6

28.4

34.2

28.3

38.4

25.8

33.5

23.9

 College graduate or more

49.3

65.1

60.5

43.1

40.9

43.2

68.0

35.2

16.8

64.2

41.7

49.3

55.4

43.9

55.7

75.4

Area-level SES

 High, %

48.2

52.1

46.5

52.3

43.4

41.0

54.3

46.5

48.3

41.3

49.4

47.8

39.9

56.1

53.5

50.1

Area-level walkability

 High, %

50.8

55.5

46.5

59.9

51.7

39.3

49.2

49.2

51.4

49.5

70.1

50.7

56.6

50.8

37.4

49.6

  1. Notes. N = participants (adolescent and parent dyads) with information on adolescent’s age, sex, school, administrative area of residence, area-level socio-economic status, highest educational attainment in household, and NEWS-Y data from parents; SES = socio-economic status; a New Zealand collected NEWS-Y data from adolescents only