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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of individual- and neighbourhood environmental characteristics of all respondents, and stratified by country

From: Neighbourhood drivability: environmental and individual characteristics associated with car use across Europe

 

Total

Belgium

France

Hungary

The Netherlands

UK

n = 4258

n = 1382

n = 477

n = 641

n = 1311

n = 447

Individual characteristics

 Age

51.1 (15.9)

51.8 (16.2)

48.7 (14.)

48.2 (15.4)

53.8 (15.3)

48.4 (17.1)

 Gender (female, %)

54.9

52.2

55.8

61.9

53.2

57.1

Employment (%)

 Currently employed

57.4

53.5

67.1

56.3

56.4

63.3

 Currently not employed

15.7

15.9

14.2

17.9

15.9

13.4

 Retired

26.9

30.6

18.7

25.7

27.8

23.3

Household composition (%)

 1-persons

21.4

17.2

21.2

18.7

24.1

30.2

 2-persons

39.9

43.8

28.1

33.2

43.7

38.9

 3-or-more-persons

38.7

39.0

50.7

48.1

32.2

30.9

Education (% higher)

55.9

47.9

74.2

51.0

57.5

63.3

Car driving (min/week)

265.8 (322.2)

370.4 (366.0)

214.4 (287.4)

164.6 (257.5)

270.2 (304.5)

129.4 (224.9)

Environmental characteristics

 Car road density (%)

11.6 (4.38)

11.2 (4.12)

12.3 (2.44)

9.7 (3.21)

13.4 (4.77)

9.63 (4.83)

 Residential density (%)

61.1 (15.2)

59.8 (13.2)

58.5 (19.8)

65.4 (13.9)

64.7 (11.6)

49.8 (19.1)

 Land-use mix (entropy-scorea)

36.3 (19.0)

32.0 (12.0)

40.1 (27.8)

38.5 (14.6)

31.1 (17.5)

57.3 (19.3)

 Traffic signal density (%)

20.1 (12.9)

18.4 (11.1)

41.8 (9.8)

5.9 (5.4)

22.1 (8.0)

16.3 (6.9)

 Parking supply (n/km2)

11.4 (16.4)

6.3 (8.52)

15.3 (21.5)

11.9 (13.6)

15.6 (21.6)

9.93 (7.52)

  1. Values between brackets are the Standard Deviations
  2. aThe entropy score ranges from 0 to 100 and is normalised using natural logarithm of the number of land uses (i.e. 1 Industrial, commercial, public, military and private units, 2 Residential areas, 3 Green urban areas, and 4 Sports and leisure facilities)