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Perceptions of the neighborhood built environment for walking behavior in older adults living in close proximity

Past research documents a discordance between perceived and objectively assessed neighborhood environmental features on walking behavior. Therefore, we examined differences in the perception of the same neighborhood built environment. Participants were grouped if they lived 400 m or closer to each o...

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Hauptverfasser: Herbolsheimer, Florian (VerfasserIn) , Mahmood, Atiya (VerfasserIn) , Ungar, Nadine (VerfasserIn) , Michael, Yvonne L. (VerfasserIn) , Oswald, Frank (VerfasserIn) , Chaudhury, Habib (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: December 2021
In: Journal of applied gerontology
Year: 2021, Jahrgang: 40, Heft: 12, Pages: 1697-1705
ISSN:1552-4523
DOI:10.1177/0733464820979258
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464820979258
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0733464820979258
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Verfasserangaben:Florian Herbolsheimer, Atiya Mahmood, Nadine Ungar, Yvonne L. Michael, Frank Oswald, and Habib Chaudhury
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Zusammenfassung:Past research documents a discordance between perceived and objectively assessed neighborhood environmental features on walking behavior. Therefore, we examined differences in the perception of the same neighborhood built environment. Participants were grouped if they lived 400 m or closer to each other. The perception of the pedestrian infrastructure, neighborhood aesthetics, safety from crime, and safety from traffic was derived from a telephone survey from two North American metropolitan areas; 173 individuals were clustered into 42 groups. Older adults who walked for transport in their neighborhood experienced the same neighborhood as more walkable (β = .19; p = .011) with better pedestrian infrastructure (β = .16; p = .037). Older adults with physical limitations experienced the same neighborhood as less safe from crime (β = −.17; p = .030) and traffic (β = −.20; p = .009). The study supports the notion that individual behavior and physical restrictions alter the environment’s perception and explains part of the discordance between objective and subjective assessment of the neighborhood environment.
Beschreibung:First published online December 22, 2020
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Beschreibung:Online Resource
ISSN:1552-4523
DOI:10.1177/0733464820979258

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