Correspondence of perceived vs. objective proximity to parks and their relationship to park-based physical activity

Table 3 Association of Individual, Neighborhood, and Park Variables with Perceived-Objective Park Proximity Match

Predictor of Perceived-Objective Match	OR	95% CI
Individual variables
Gender (male)	0.94	(0.56,1.61)
Age (over 40 years)	0.48*	(0.21,0.79)
Marital status (married)	0.74	(0.41,1.33)
Education (college graduate)	1.43*	(1.06,1.75)
Family status (child <12 in house)	1.92*	(1.31,2.46)
BMI (overweight or obese)	0.53*	(0.36,0.81)
Self-efficacy for physical activity (high)	0.93	(0.53,1.60)
Any neighborhood physical activity	0.92	(0.48,1.76)
Any park-based physical activity	2.15*	(1.36,2.88)
Own a fitness facility membership	0.34*	(0.15,0.76)
Neighborhood variables
Perceptions of safety (high)	0.98	(0.59,1.70)
Perceptions of aesthetics (high)	0.47*	(0.27,0.84)
Perceptions of cohesion (high)	1.35*	(1.09,1.67)
Park variables
Number of parks within 750 m	1.07*	(1.03,1.10)
Size of closest park	0.99	(0.98,1.01)
Distance to closest park	1.17	(0.89,1.39)
Number of features in closest park	1.11*	(1.04,1.20)
Playground in closest park	1.24*	(1.07,1.55)
Trail in closest park	0.75	(0.42,1.33)
Wooded area in closest park	2.42*	(1.40,4.19)
Water area in closest park	1.15	(0.95,1.26)
Ball diamond in closest park	0.24*	(0.07,0.79)
Soccer field in closest park	0.26*	(0.08,0.85)
Basketball court in closest park	0.79	(0.38,1.66)

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