Table 1

Characteristics of Canada-wide study population, overall and by Street Smart Walk Score quintiles, n=9425

VariableTotalLowest walk score
Q1: 0–23
Walk score
Q2: 24–40
Walk score
Q3: 41–58
Walk score
Q4: 59–79
Highest walk score
Q5: 80–100
Age category (%)
 6–117.39.98.47.66.34.8
 12–178.58.811.09.37.76.2
 18–2919.216.819.416.721.022.1
 30–4423.823.820.924.420.529.1
 45–6430.932.131.431.231.228.9
 65–7910.28.79.010.813.38.9
Sex (%)
 Male50.348.848.049.251.653.7
 Female49.751.252.050.848.446.3
Cultural/racial origin (%)
 White75.786.381.373.568.969.2
 Black3.01.42.23.94.52.9
 Asian7.32.25.25.69.413.7
 South Asian4.82.54.75.98.22.5
 Other/NA*9.27.66.611.08.911.6
Immigrated to Canada in previous 10 years (%)
 Yes9.95.05.010.711.716.7
 No90.195.095.089.388.383.3
Marital status (%)
 Partnered52.757.054.853.251.847.3
 Not partnered47.343.045.246.848.252.7
Smoking status (age 12+ only) (%)
 Daily/non-daily smoker19.618.217.919.920.621.1
 Former/never smoker80.481.882.180.179.478.9
Household income†,
 $C1000 increments69 000 (60 000)80 000 (60 000)79 000 (60 000)69 000 (55 000)59 000 (55 000)55 000 (60 000)
No of times per day fruits or vegetables eaten‡3.1 (2.4)3.2 (2.4)3.1 (2.3)3.2 (2.4)3.1 (2.1)3.3 (2.4)
Energy expenditure on leisure physical activity‡ (age 12+ only)
 kcal/kg/day1.4 (2.4)1.4 (2.4)1.4 (2.3)1.3 (2.4)1.3 (2.3)1.6 (2.3)
BMI‡ (age 18+)26.2 (6.5)26.9 (6.0)26.5 (6.9)26.5 (6.7)26.2 (6.6)24.9 (6.5)
BMI z-score‡ (age 6–17)0.4 (1.7)0.5 (1.5)0.3 (1.9)0.3 (1.6)0.3 (1.6)0.3 (1.6)
  • *‘Other’ includes people who reported Latin American, Southeast Asian, Arab, West Asian, Other or Multiple; ‘NA’ includes people not asked about cultural/racial origin, which includes anyone who self-identified as Aboriginal.

  • †Incomes rounded to nearest $C1000.00.

  • ‡Cell numbers are medians (IQRs). All other cell numbers are percentages that have been weighted using Canadian Health Measures Survey sample weights, unless otherwise specified.

  • BMI, body mass index; Q, quintile.