[HTML][HTML] Gender and age differences in walking for transport and recreation: Are the relationships the same in all neighborhoods?

F Ghani, JN Rachele, S Washington… - Preventive medicine …, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction Walking as regular physical activity (PA) is central to healthy aging, and
environments influence walking. Multilevel neighborhood-based studies that only report …

[HTML][HTML] Older adults' outdoor walking and the built environment: does income matter?

M Winters, R Barnes, S Venners, N Ste-Marie… - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
Background Our aim was to examine the association between Street Smart Walk Score®
and self-reported outdoor walking among older Canadians, and to determine whether …

[HTML][HTML] Associations of changes in neighbourhood walkability with changes in walking activity in older adults: a fixed effects analysis

EJ Timmermans, M Visser, AJ Wagtendonk… - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Background Supporting older adults to engage in physically active lifestyles requires
supporting environments. Walkable environments may increase walking activity in older …

Neighborhood walkability, walking difficulties, and participation in leisure activities among older people: a cross-sectional study and 4-year follow-up of a subsample

EM Tuomola, KE Keskinen, A Viljanen… - Journal of aging …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: To study cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between objectively
assessed neighborhood walkability, walking difficulties, and participation in leisure activities …

[HTML][HTML] Perceived environmental and personal factors associated with walking and cycling for transportation in Taiwanese adults

Y Liao, IT Wang, HH Hsu, SH Chang - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
This study examined perceived environmental and personal factors associated with walking
and cycling as means of transportation for Taiwanese adults. A random-digit-dialing …

Ageing in an ultra-dense metropolis: perceived neighbourhood characteristics and utilitarian walking in Hong Kong elders

E Cerin, CHP Sit, A Barnett, JM Johnston… - Public health …, 2014 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveThe neighbourhood built environment may affect walking behaviour of elders.
However, such effects remain underexplored, especially in an Asian context. We examined …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between perceived neighborhood walkability and walking time, wellbeing, and loneliness in community-dwelling older Chinese people in Hong …

R Yu, O Cheung, K Lau, J Woo - International journal of environmental …, 2017 - mdpi.com
This study examined the cross-sectional associations between perceived neighborhood
walkability and walking time, physical activity, wellbeing, and loneliness, and examined …

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

F Herbolsheimer, A Mahmood… - Journal of applied …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Past research documents a discordance between perceived and objectively assessed
neighborhood environmental features on walking behavior. Therefore, we examined …

The relationship of area-level sociodemographic characteristics, household composition and individual-level socioeconomic status on walking behavior among adults

MO Hearst, JR Sirard, A Forsyth, ED Parker… - … research part A: policy …, 2013 - Elsevier
Understanding the contextual factors associated with why adults walk is important for those
interested in increasing walking as a mode of transportation and leisure. This paper …

Using a system of equations to assess the determinants of the walking behavior of older adults

L Yang, X Tang, H Yang, F Meng, J Liu - Transactions in GIS, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As the most prevalent physical activity and transportation mode for older people, walking is
considered to have multiple health and well‐being benefits. Previous studies used separate …