International Journal of Health Geographics

Table 4 Gender disparities in the standardised direct effects between neighbourhood environment, walking and overweight

From: The built environment, purpose-specific walking behaviour and overweight: evidence from Wuhan metropolis in central China

	Male group			Female group
	Transport walking	Leisure walking	Overweight	Transport walking	Leisure walking	Overweight
Individual-level variables
Age	0.090^**	0.157^***	0.047	0.097^***	0.139^***	0.196^***
Marital status	− 0.105^**	− 0.055	0.175^***	− 0.020	0.014	− 0.021
Household size	0.030	0.070^*	0.086^***	0.022	0.077^***	0.025
Car ownership	− 0.079^***	0.039	− 0.021	0.009	− 0.013	− 0.005
Homeownership	0.058^*	0.008	0.006	0.018	0.077^**	0.048^*
Objective environment
Density	− 0.118^**	− 0.082^**	0.017	0.005	0.070^*	− 0.023
Diversity	0.068^**	0.060^**	0.052^*	− 0.031	-0.002	0.033
Design	0.072	− 0.031	0.019	− 0.015	− 0.073	− 0.051
Access	0.177^***	0.174^***	− 0.034	0.027	0.032	0.021
Transit	− 0.007	− 0.055^*	− 0.083^**	− 0.049^*	− 0.134^***	0.029
Green	0.064	0.123^***	− 0.011	0.115^***	0.103^***	0.006
Subjective environment
Convenience	− 0.056^*	0.023	0.271^***	0.02	0.012	0.141^***
Walkability	0.027	0.061^**	0.015	− 0.003	0.054^*	0.009
Aesthetics	0.005	0.035	− 0.04	− 0.039	− 0.012	− 0.025
Safety	0.071^**	0.027	− 0.032	0.039	0.026	− 0.004
Crowd	0.004	− 0.028	0.004	0.053	0.086^***	− 0.022
Walking behaviour
Transport walking			0.022			0.043^*
Leisure walking			0.018			− 0.008

^*p < 0.1
^**p < 0.05
^***p < 0.01

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