Table 2 Adjusted odds ratios (OR)a for no recreational walking, and prevalence rates for response categories of neighbourhood perceptions and individual cognitions by educational level.
| Educational level | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent factors | OR | 95% CI | p |
1 (low) | 2 | 3 |
4 (high) | p |
| NEIGHBOURHOOD perceptions | ||||||||
| Physical neighbourhood factors | ||||||||
| Neighbourhood is unsafe | ||||||||
| disagree | 1.00 | .636 | 95.5b | 95.9 | 98.2 | 98.9 | .004 | |
| agree | 0.87 | (0.49–1.55) | 4.5 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 1.1 | ||
| Neighbourhood is unattractive | ||||||||
| disagree | 1.00 | .008 | 72.5 | 84.3 | 88.6 | 86.0 | .000 | |
| agree | 1.41 | (1.09–1.82) | 27.5 | 15.7 | 11.4 | 14.0 | ||
| Insufficient places for physical activity | ||||||||
| disagree | 1.00 | .256 | 64.3 | 75.2 | 77.5 | 88.7 | .000 | |
| agree | 1.14 | (0.91–1.44) | 35.7 | 24.8 | 22.5 | 11.3 | ||
| Social neighbourhood factors | ||||||||
| Social cohesion | ||||||||
| high | 1.00 | .000 | 38.1 | 36.3 | 41.3 | 40.9 | .001 | |
| medium | 0.62 | (0.50–0.78) | 30.3 | 37.1 | 38.2 | 34.9 | ||
| low | 0.82 | (0.64–1.05) | 31.6 | 26.6 | 20.5 | 24.3 | ||
| Social network | ||||||||
| large | 1.00 | .000 | 34.4 | 37.4 | 37.6 | 29.4 | .034 | |
| medium | 1.56 | (1.23–1.98) | 33.2 | 32.9 | 40.9 | 37.0 | ||
| small | 1.59 | (1.25–2.04) | 32.4 | 29.7 | 21.5 | 33.6 | ||
| Feeling at home in neighbourhood | ||||||||
| high | 1.00 | .120 | 32.4 | 35.3 | 36.4 | 42.3 | .020 | |
| moderate | 0.80 | (0.64–1.01) | 33.2 | 38.0 | 36.6 | 31.1 | ||
| low | 0.99 | (0.78–1.26) | 34.4 | 26.7 | 27.0 | 26.6 | ||
| Social disorganisation | ||||||||
| low | 1.00 | .540 | 45.3 | 48.4 | 50.6 | 54.0 | .000 | |
| medium | 0.96 | (0.75–1.22) | 18.6 | 24.3 | 23.5 | 24.5 | ||
| high | 0.86 | (0.67–1.12) | 36.1 | 27.3 | 25.9 | 21.5 | ||
| INDIVIDUAL cognitions | ||||||||
| Attitude towards regular physical activity | ||||||||
| positive | 1.00 | .000 | 25.8 | 32.8 | 36.0 | 32.8 | .002 | |
| neutral | 1.34 | (1.07–1.67) | 61.9 | 54.9 | 58.5 | 58.4 | ||
| negative | 4.16 | (2.96–5.84) | 12.3 | 12.3 | 5.4 | 8.7 | ||
| Social influences for regular physical activity | ||||||||
| positive | 1.00 | .000 | 54.9 | 50.1 | 49.6 | 53.2 | .003 | |
| neutral | 1.62 | (1.32–1.99) | 30.3 | 40.3 | 43.9 | 38.3 | ||
| negative | 1.76 | (1.26–2.45) | 14.8 | 9.6 | 6.5 | 8.5 | ||
| Perceived behaviour control to be regularly active | ||||||||
| (very) sure | 1.00 | .000 | 59.2 | 67.0 | 70.7 | 74.2 | .001 | |
| not sure/unsure | 1.65 | (1.32–2.07) | 31.0 | 25.7 | 20.5 | 19.0 | ||
| (very) unsure | 2.10 | (1.48–2.97) | 9.8 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 6.8 | ||
| Intention to be regularly active | ||||||||
| yes | 1.00 | .000 | 45.9 | 55.0 | 57.3 | 67.0 | .000 | |
| maybe | 1.84 | (1.49–2.27) | 38.9 | 38.1 | 35.2 | 26.7 | ||
| no | 4.41 | (3.09–6.29) | 15.2 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 6.4 | ||