TY - JOUR
T1 - Walking patterns in a sample of African American, Native American, and Caucasian women
T2 - the cross-cultural activity participation study.
AU - Whitt, Melicia C.
AU - DuBose, Katrina D.
AU - Ainsworth, Barbara E.
AU - Tudor-Locke, Catrine
PY - 2004/8
Y1 - 2004/8
N2 - This analysis describes walking patterns among African American, Native American, and Caucasian women from South Carolina and New Mexico. Walking was assessed using pedometer and physical activity (PA) record data based on 4 consecutive days on either three (Study Phase 1) or two (Study Phase 2) occasions. Participants walked 5,429 +/- 2,959 steps per day and recorded 159 +/- 59 minutes per day of total walking in the PA record. Most daily walking was accumulated during household (46%), transportation (26%), occupation (16%), and exercise-related (10%) walking. There was a modest correlation between steps per day and minutes per day. Steps per day were higher with education and household size, and lower with increasing age and body mass index. These findings have implications for developing PA surveys and for planning interventions related to walking patterns among women.
AB - This analysis describes walking patterns among African American, Native American, and Caucasian women from South Carolina and New Mexico. Walking was assessed using pedometer and physical activity (PA) record data based on 4 consecutive days on either three (Study Phase 1) or two (Study Phase 2) occasions. Participants walked 5,429 +/- 2,959 steps per day and recorded 159 +/- 59 minutes per day of total walking in the PA record. Most daily walking was accumulated during household (46%), transportation (26%), occupation (16%), and exercise-related (10%) walking. There was a modest correlation between steps per day and minutes per day. Steps per day were higher with education and household size, and lower with increasing age and body mass index. These findings have implications for developing PA surveys and for planning interventions related to walking patterns among women.
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U2 - 10.1177/1090198104266034
DO - 10.1177/1090198104266034
M3 - Article
C2 - 15296691
AN - SCOPUS:16544384697
SN - 1090-1981
VL - 31
SP - 45S-56S
JO - Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education
JF - Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education
IS - 4 Suppl
ER -