title: Utilitarian and Recreational Walking Among Spanish- and English-Speaking Latino Adults in Micropolitan US Towns.
abstract: Walking among Latinos in US Micropolitan towns may vary by language spoken.
  
  
  
  In 2011-2012, we collected telephone survey and built environment (BE) data from adults in six towns located within micropolitan counties from two states with sizable Latino populations. We performed mixed-effects logistic regression modeling to examine relationships between ethnicity-language group [Spanish-speaking Latinos (SSLs); English-speaking Latinos (ESLs); and English-speaking non-Latinos (ENLs)] and utilitarian walking and recreational walking, accounting for socio-demographic, lifestyle and BE characteristics.
  
  
  
  Low-income SSLs reported higher amounts of utilitarian walking than ENLs (p = 0.007), but utilitarian walking in this group decreased as income increased. SSLs reported lower amounts of recreational walking than ENLs (p = 0.004). ESL-ENL differences were not significant. We identified no statistically significant interactions between ethnicity-language group and BE characteristics.
  
  
  
  Approaches to increase walking in micropolitan towns with sizable SSL populations may need to account for this group's differences in walking behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Stephenson Cancer Center and Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 800 NE 10th Street, SCC 5031, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA. mark-doescher@ouhsc.edu.
authors.forename: Mark P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Doescher
authors.affiliation: Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Chanam
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.|Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Washington (UW), Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Brian E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Saelens
authors.affiliation: Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Chunkuen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA.
authors.forename: Ethan M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Berke
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA.
authors.forename: Anna M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Adachi-Mejia
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Davis G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.affiliation: Department of Urban Design and Planning, College of Built Environments, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Anne Vernez
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Moudon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States; D016138:Walking / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Environment design; Ethnicity; Physical activity; Public health; Rural populations