title: Walk Score and Australian adults' home-based walking for transport.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Cluster for Health Improvement, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia. Electronic address: rcole@usc.edu.au.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.affiliation: Cluster for Health Improvement, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.affiliation: Gold Coast Local Health and Hospital Network, Queensland Department of Health, Robina, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.affiliation: Behavioral Epidemiology Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; School of Population and Global Health, Melbourne University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Neville
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Owen
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health, Arts & Design and Centre for Design Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia; Sansom Institute for Health Research and School of Population Health, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Takemi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004779:Environment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014186:Transportation; D016138:Walking; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Household travel survey; Neighborhood; Walkability; Walking for transport