Walking for leisure among adults from three Brazilian cities and its association with perceived environment attributes and personal factors

Table 2 Demographic characteristics of participants according to the city of residence, Brazil, 2007-2009

Variables	Categories	Curitiba		Recife		Vitória		All
		n	%¹	n	%¹	n	%¹	n	%¹
Gender	Men	768	37.4	761	43.7	747	37.8	2276	39.8
	Women	1,329	62.6	1,285	56.3	1,276	62.2	3890	60.2
Age categories	16-34	611	47	700	47.6	614	44.8	1925	35.1
	35-45	861	37.3	761	34.1	798	35	2420	39.7
	55+	625	15.6	585	18.3	611	20.2	1821	25,5
Education level	< High	671	28.6	631	46.1	492	20.4	1794	34.1
	High school	724	41.2	765	38.2	652	33.6	2141	34.7
	> High school	692	30.1	612	15.7	879	46.0	2183	31.2
Marital status	Single	522	34.7	764	46.3	603	38.7	1889	33.1
	Married	1,199	56	940	42.9	1053	50.4	3192	50.5
	Other	376	9.3	342	10.9	367	10.9	1085	16.4
Perceived health	Poor/Regular	541	24.6	774	37.8	608	27.7	1923	29.6
	Good	963	48.0	822	41.6	771	38.8	2556	38.7
	Very good/excellent	592	27.5	450	20.6	631	33.6	1673	31.8
Body mass index	Normal	1,133	60.2	1,115	58.1	1,010	56.7	3258	59.7
	Overweight/Obese	912	39.8	830	41.9	888	43.3	2630	40.3
Walking for leisure (150 min/week)	Yes	361	15.1	378	14.3	387	17.6	5032	14.7
	No	1,736	84.9	1,666	85.7	1,630	82.4	1126	85.3
Sidewalks on nearby streets	No	541	29.3	284	18.9	1,036	53.3	1861	24.2
	Yes	1,556	70.7	1762	81.1	936	46.7	4254	75.8
Traffic makes it difficult to cycle/walk	No	967	45.1	1,077	56.4	692	37.9	2736	51.2
	Yes	1,130	54.9	968	43.6	1,231	62.1	3329	48.8
Safe to cycle/walk during the night	No	1,760	84.8	1,551	79.5	1,128	58.2	4439	80.5
	Yes	337	15.2	495	20.5	816	41.8	1648	19.5
Safe to cycle/walk during the day	No	775	37.2	806	44.4	408	21.6	1989	40.5
	Yes	1,322	62.8	1,240	55.6	1,530	78.4	4092	59.5

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