Barriers to Physical Activity in East Harlem, New York

Table 4

Perceived barriers and safety concerns and engagement in routine and recreational physical activity.

Variables	(1)	(2)	(1)	(2)
	Walk 2.5 hrs/wk	Walk 2.5 hrs/wk	Engage in recreational PA	Engage in recreational PA
Perceived PA barriers (count)	0.72^*** (0.087)		0.72^*** (0.078)
Perceived neighborhood safety		0.99 (0.096)		1.01 (0.089)
Normal/under weight	0	0	0	0
Overweight	0.58 (0.293)	0.77 (0.402)	1.46 (0.652)	1.83 (0.865)
Obese	1.18 (0.615)	1.28 (0.700)	0.70 (0.307)	0.88 (0.413)
Age 18–35	0	0	0	0
Age 36–55	1.01 (0.016)	1.01 (0.016)	1.02 (0.015)	1.01 (0.015)
Age 56–85	0.72 (0.328)	0.75 (0.358)	0.66 (0.269)	0.54 (0.241)
Male	2.34^* (1.056)	2.04 (0.919)	2.27^** (0.874)	2.73^** (1.110)
Education (high school degree+)	0.81 (0.134)	0.94 (0.160)	1.28 (0.205)	1.51^** (0.265)
Race/ethnicity—other	0	0	0	0
Race/ethnicity black	0.71 (0.451)	1.08 (0.642)	0.91 (0.549)	1.06 (0.640)
Race/ethnicity—hispanic	1.43 (0.908)	2.34 (1.443)	0.74 (0.445)	0.80 (0.477)
Speak Spanish at home	0.60 (0.356)	0.64 (0.378)	1.23 (0.633)	1.06 (0.563)
US born	1.27 (0.702)	1.31 (0.707)	1.19 (0.593)	0.97 (0.493)
Trying to lose weight	0.56 (0.234)	0.42^* (0.195)	1.86 (0.725)	1.69 (0.707)
Constant	15.22^** (16.787)	3.56 (3.698)	1.45 (1.426)	0.49 (0.486)
Observations	248	221	251	224

Standard error in parentheses
^***𝑃<0.01, ^**𝑃<0.05, ^*𝑃<0.1.