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• TITLE: What determines walking of older people in their neighborhood?

  AUTHORS: Marijke Hopman-Rock, Sanne I de Vries, Ingrid Bakker, Wil TM Ooijendijk

  KEYWORDS: Older Adults; Physical Activity; Environment; Health; Determinants

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol.2 No.3, August 7, 2012

  ABSTRACT: Based on literature review and five focus groups, a model was analyzed describing individual, social environmental and physical environmental (perceived) determinants of walking by older people. Aim was to test whether these determinants were significantly associated with the duration of walking by older people (N = 567, 50 - 80 years) in a middle-sized Dutch town. Walking time was best predicted by attitude towards walking (partial correlation in model (partial r) 0.18; p r 0.12, p r 0.21 p r - 0.14, p r 0.28 p