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Neighborhood characteristics and transport walking: Exploring multiple pathways of influence using a structural equation modeling approach
Journal of transport geography, v 85, 102703
01 May 2020
PMID: 32655214
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Abstract
In studies of neighborhood effects on transport walking, residential preferences along with other personal characteristics (walking attitude, factors that affect decision to walk for transport) are important factors to consider. However, few studies have examined relationships between neighborhood characteristics and transport walking accounting for a complex suite of personal factors. This study employed a structural equation modeling approach to examine associations between neighborhood characteristics and transport walking behaviors by accounting for residential preferences, self-assessed factors that affect decision to walk for transportation, and socio-demographics; and to examine whether neighborhood effects were modified by walking attitude and residential preferences. Based on a cross-sectional phone and mail survey of 2848 residents of New York City, Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, St. Paul, and Winston Salem in 2011-12, we found neighborhood characteristics had significant independent associations with transport walking, even after adjusting for residential preferences and other personal factors. Neighborhood effects on transport walking did not differ significantly by walking attitude or residential preferences. Our findings highlight the importance of neighborhood effects in promoting transport walking, and suggest that while residential preferences are important factors, they do not obviate the neighborhood effects on transport walking.
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- Title
- Neighborhood characteristics and transport walking: Exploring multiple pathways of influence using a structural equation modeling approach
- Creators
- Jingjing Li - Drexel UniversityAmy H. Auchincloss - Drexel UniversityYong Yang - University of MemphisDaniel A. Rodriguez - Department of City & Regional Planning and Institute for Transportation Studies, University of California Berkeley, 230 Wurster Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USABrisa N. Sanchez - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of transport geography, v 85, 102703
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 10
- Grant note
- R01 HL131610; R01 HL071759 / National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (USA); United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000537704900006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85083465940
- Other Identifier
- 991019168216404721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Economics
- Geography
- Transportation