Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-25-2018
Publication Title
Sustainability
Volume
10
Issue
9
Abstract
College students are an understudied, vulnerable population, whose inactivity rates exceed those reported by U.S. adults. Walkability in sprawling cities, such as Las Vegas, is challenged due to automobile-oriented development. The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between perceived neighborhood walkability, social capital, and meeting physical activity recommendations among University of Nevada-Las Vegas college students. Of the 410 participants, 42.2% met physical activity recommendations, 77.1% were female, 37.3% were white, and 79.5% owned a vehicle. Logistic regression showed that social capital (odds ratio (OR) = 1.25, p = 0.04) and gender... (see full text for full abstract
Keywords
Active living; Social health; Sprawl; University students; Young adults
Disciplines
Community Health | Higher Education
File Format
File Size
245 Kb
Language
English
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Publisher Citation
Bartshe, M.; Coughenour, C.; Pharr, J. Perceived Walkability, Social Capital, and Self-Reported Physical Activity in Las Vegas College Students. Sustainability 2018, 10, 3023.
Repository Citation
Bartshe, M.,
Coughenour, C.,
Pharr, J.
(2018).
Perceived Walkability, Social Capital, and Self-Reported Physical Activity in Las Vegas College Students.
Sustainability, 10(9),
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10093023
Comments
The publication fees for this article were supported by the UNLV University Libraries Open Article Fund.