Identification of the impact of crime on physical activity depends upon neighbourhood scale: Multilevel evidence from 203,883 Australians

Health and Place

Volumn 31, Issue , 2015, Pages 120-123

  Astell Burt, Thomas ^a,b   Feng, Xiaoqi ^a,c   Kolt, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crime; Geographic scale; Multilevel modelling; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

CRIME; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LIFESTYLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; BODY WEIGHT; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODERATE TO VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; NEW SOUTH WALES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA;

AGED; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CRIME; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84916239131     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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