Neighborhood Walkability and Active Ageing: A Difference in Differences Assessment of Active Transportation Over Ten Years

The effects of neighborhood morphology and walkability over active travel patterns of ageing older adults are still largely unknown. The authors used a difference-in-differences design to compare the changes in active transport indicators on older adults ageing for ten years in different areas of the Barcelona Metropolitan Region (Spain). Participants were drawn from two large cross-sectional travel surveys in 2004 and 2014 creating a 10 year span in which they aged from 65–75 y.o. to 75–85 y.o. High walkability was associated with more minutes spent walking, and higher odds of meeting Physical Activity (PA) recommendations. Ageing in low walkable areas, in contrast, was associated with lower amounts of PA derived from transportation.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2017.09.006
• Record URL:
  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221414051730097X
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Marquet, Oriol
  • Hipp, J Aaron
  • Miralles-Guasch, Carme
• Publication Date: 2017-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 190-201
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport & Health
  • Volume: 7, Part B
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2214-1405
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/22141405

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Aging (Biology); Neighborhoods; Physical fitness; Travel behavior; Urban areas; Walkability
• Geographic Terms: Barcelona (Spain)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01655311
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 27 2017 10:30AM