Table 1 Descriptive statistics of participants’ walking behavior and sociodemographic characteristics in the original survey and in the subsample participating in the map-based survey on recreational walking

Recreational walking (12 months)

90.0%

100%

Weekly walking (12 months)

74.6%

89.0%

Age

51.4 years

54.3 years

Female

54.8%

60.5%

Proportion with tertiary education

74.7%

85.4%

Income equivalent

43,751 €

49,508 €

Proportion living in the city (> 50,000)

38.1%

39.2%

User of step counter-device

–

67.6%

 > 10,000 steps per day (n = 1070)

43.9%