Cross-validation of the factorial structure of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS) and its abbreviated form (NEWS-A)

Table 4 Correlations between individual-level latent factors of the NEWS (above the diagonal) and NEWS-A (below the diagonal).

NEWS-A factors		IL2	IL3	IL4	IL5	IL6	NEWS factors
Land use mix – access (IL1_A)		.29	.21	.19	< .10^a	< .10^a	Land use mix – access (IL1)
Street connectivity (IL2_A)	.45		.32	.23	-.10	< .10^a	Street connectivity (IL2)
Infrastructure & safety for walking (IL3_A)	.17	.41		.43	-.59	-.40	Infrastructure & safety for walking/cycling (IL3)
Aesthetics (IL4_A)	.29	.31	.30		-.42	-.31	Aesthetics (IL4)
Traffic hazards (IL5_A)	< .10^a	-.34	-.46	-.31		.51	Traffic hazards (IL5)
Crime (IL6_A)	< .10^a	< .10^a	-.37	-.21	.46		Crime (IL6)
	IL1_A	IL2_A	IL3_A	IL4_A	IL5_A

^a constrained to zero in the final model as correlation coefficients smaller than |.10|. The subscript A stands for NEWS-A.

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