title: Walking to Work: The Roles of Neighborhood Walkability and Socioeconomic Deprivation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There are few studies that aimed to find a relationship between transportation-related physical activity and neighborhood socioeconomic condition using a composite deprivation index. The purpose of this study is to assess the relationship of neighborhood walkability and socioeconomic deprivation with percentage of adults walking to work.
  
  
  METHODS
  A walkability index and a socioeconomic deprivation index were created at block group-level. The outcome variable, percentage of adults who walk to work was dichotomized as < 5% of the block group walking to work low and ≥ 5% of the block group walking to work as high and applied logistic regression to examine the association of walkability and socioeconomic deprivation with walking to work.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Individuals in the most walkable neighborhoods are almost 5 times more likely to walk to work than individuals in the least walkable neighborhoods (OR = 4.90, 95% CI = 2.80-8.59). After adjusting for neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation, individuals in the most walkable neighborhoods are almost 3 times more likely to walk to work than individuals in the least walkable neighborhoods (OR = 2.98, 95% CI = 1.62-5.49).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Walkability (as measured by the walkability index) is a very strong indicator of walking to work even after controlling for neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, CO.
authors.forename: Cheryl M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lian
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Struthers
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kammrath
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004779:Environment Design; D005260:Female; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014186:Transportation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014937:Work