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Table 1 Summary of independent mobility and environmental measures

From: Independent mobility, perceptions of the built environment and children's participation in play, active travel and structured exercise and sport: the PEACH Project

Subscale name

No. items

Content

Response format 4 choices

Mean Gender diff**

SD

Alpha

ICC

Source Ref

Local-IM

4

Go unsupervised to local shops, school, friends, park

Never to Always

3.04**

0.76

0.70

0.81

25

Area-IM

7

Go unsupervised to shopping & sports centre, pool, library, cinema, bus stop, arcade

Never to Always

1.91**

0.75

0.79

0.78

25

Aesthetics

4

Perceptions of problem of litter, graffiti, vandalism, dog fouling

Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree*

2.29

0.78

0.81

0.69

 

Nuisance

3

Perceptions of crime, noise, bullying in local neighbourhood

Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree*

2.78

0.64

0.61

0.65

 

Personal safety

4

Perceptions of safety at night, daytime, fear of strangers, dark

Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree

3.00**

0.57

0.67

0.42

34

Traffic safety

4

Perceptions of safe places to cross, heavy traffic, roads, pollution

Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree*

2.48**

0.60

0.56

0.48

34

Access(1)

6

Ease of access to shops, park, bus stop, library, sports & shopping centre

Very easy to very difficult

3.10

0.42

0.56

0.59

35

Access(2)

2

Easy of access to school, best friend's house

Very easy to very difficult

3.35

0.65

0.56

0.69

35

Social Norm

4

Children to play with, children on streets, people walking and cycling around

Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree

2.93

0.54

0.60

0.78

34

Playspace

2

Space to play inside/outside

Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree

2.97

0.66

0.51

0.81

ND

Constraint

2

Want to get outside to play/stuck inside

Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree*

2.18**

0.77

0.63

0.77

ND

  1. Note: * Items recoded so that higher score indicates more positive perception of the environment, ** boys scores significantly higher than girls (independent t-test).
  2. Abbreviations: ICC (intra-class correlation), SD (Standard deviation), ND (newly derived)