Table 5

Correlations between blockgroup-level latent factors of the NEWS (above the diagonal) and NEWS-A (below the diagonal).

NEWS-A factors

BL2

BL3

BL4

BL5

BL6

NEWS factors

Land use mix – access and infrastructure for walking (BL1_A)

-.29

.66

< .10^a

-.51

.19

Land use mix – access and infrastructure for walking (BL1)

Physical obstacles to walking (BL2_A)

-.54

< .10^a

< .10^a

< .10^a

- .14

Physical obstacles to walking (BL2)

Green areas (BL3_A)

< .10^a

< .10^a

.41

-.46

.26

Sidewalks (BL3)

Aesthetics and safety from crime (BL4_A)

-.46

< .10^a

.47

.42

.36

Green areas (BL4)

Traffic safety and presence of people (BL5_A)

.52

-.45

.57

.18

.39

Aesthetics and safety from crime (BL5)

BL1_A

BL2_A

BL3_A

BL4_A

Traffic safety and presence of people (BL6)

^a constrained to zero in the final model as correlation coefficients smaller than |.10|. The subscript A stands for NEWS-A.

Cerin et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2009 6:32   doi:10.1186/1479-5868-6-32