Journal
HEALTH & PLACE
Volume 35, Issue -, Pages 60-65Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.06.011
Keywords
Walking for transport; Walkability; Neighborhood; Household travel survey
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- National Health and Medical Research Council [566940, 1003960]
- Victorian Government
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The relationships of Walk Score, a publicly-accessible walkability assessment tool, with walking for transport to and from home were examined among a large representative sample of Australian adults aged 18-64 years (N=16,944). Residents in highly and somewhat walkable areas were twice and 1.4 times more likely to accumulate 30 min of walking per day compared to those in very car-dependent neighborhoods, respectively. Mean duration of walking was also longer for participants living in highly and somewhat walkable areas compared to those in very car-dependent areas. Walk Score has potential as a widely-applicable tool for identifying the walkability of local neighborhoods. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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