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Assessing urban and rural neighborhood characteristics using audit and GIS data: derivation and reliability of constructs

Kelly R Evenson1*, Daniela Sotres-Alvarez2, Amy H Herring3,2, Lynne Messer4, Barbara A Laraia5 and Daniel A Rodríguez6

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

2 Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

3 Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

4 Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

5 Department of Medicine, Division of Prevention Sciences, Center for Health and Community, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

6 Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2009, 6:44 doi:10.1186/1479-5868-6-44

Published: 20 July 2009

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Additional file 1:

PIN3 Neighborhood Audit Instrument. This file provides the questions used on the PIN3 Neighborhood Audit instrument.

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Additional file 2:

Descriptive statistics for GIS and PIN3 Neighborhood Audit variables for entire sample (n = 10,770). This file provides descriptive statistics for all of the GIS and neighborhood audit variables used in the analyses.

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