Association between Natural Resources for Outdoor Activities and Physical Inactivity: Results from the Contiguous United States
<p>Geographic Distributions of Contiguous U.S. Natural Resources for Outdoor Activities.</p> "> Figure 2
<p>Classification of ANROA for the Contiguous U.S. Counties.</p> "> Figure 3
<p>Geographic Distributions of Average Age-Adjusted Physical Inactivity Rate in Contiguous U.S. Counties (2008 to 2011; rates were grouped by natural breaks classification).</p> "> Figure 4
<p>Average Age-adjusted Rate of Physical Inactivity among ANROA and Income Groups (Group A: low income pop < 20%; Group B: 20% < low income pop < 50%; Group C: low income pop > 50%. Error bar indicates 95% confidence interval; the classification of ANROA is consistent with <a href="#ijerph-13-00830-f002" class="html-fig">Figure 2</a>).</p> ">
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Definition and Estimation of Available Natural Resources for Outdoor Activities
2.2. Health and Socioeconomic Data
2.3. Statistical Analysis and Modeling
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Model | Variable | Coefficients (β) | Pseudo-R2 | Moran’s I Score | Log Likelihood | AIC * | BIC * |
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OLS | Constant | 27.71 | 0.16 | 0.65 | –9024.8 | 18,053.7 | 18,065.7 |
ANROA | –0.09 | ||||||
SL I ** | Constant | 5.98 | |||||
ANROA | –0.02 | ||||||
ρ * of inactivity rate | 0.79 | 0.69 | –0.059 | –7720.5 | 15,447.0 | 15,465.2 | |
SL II ** | Constant | 4.54 | |||||
ANROA | –0.03 | ||||||
%low-income household | 0.14 | 0.73 | –0.0017 | –7433.2 | 14,874.4 | 14,898.6 | |
ρ * of inactivity rate | 0.64 |
Factors | p-Values |
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Main effect: ANROA | <<0.001 |
Main effect: Household Income | <<0.001 |
Interaction Effect: ANROA & Household | 0.0039 |
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Jiang, Y.; Yuan, Y.; Neale, A.; Jackson, L.; Mehaffey, M. Association between Natural Resources for Outdoor Activities and Physical Inactivity: Results from the Contiguous United States. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2016, 13, 830. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13080830
Jiang Y, Yuan Y, Neale A, Jackson L, Mehaffey M. Association between Natural Resources for Outdoor Activities and Physical Inactivity: Results from the Contiguous United States. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2016; 13(8):830. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13080830
Chicago/Turabian StyleJiang, Yan, Yongping Yuan, Anne Neale, Laura Jackson, and Megan Mehaffey. 2016. "Association between Natural Resources for Outdoor Activities and Physical Inactivity: Results from the Contiguous United States" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13, no. 8: 830. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13080830
APA StyleJiang, Y., Yuan, Y., Neale, A., Jackson, L., & Mehaffey, M. (2016). Association between Natural Resources for Outdoor Activities and Physical Inactivity: Results from the Contiguous United States. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(8), 830. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13080830