Research Article

Sugar Sweetened Beverage Consumption among Primary School Students: Influence of the Schools’ Vicinity

Table 2

The walkability index components.

MeasureDefinitionEquation Data source

Residential densityNumber of dwellings per hectaresDwellings number/hectares number of buffer zoneQuebec assessment roll
Density of destinationsNumber of destinations per square kilometerDestinations number/square kilometer of buffer zoneQuebec assessment roll
Density of intersectionsNumber of intersections per square kilometerIntersections number/square kilometer of buffer zoneAdresses Québec road network
Land-use mixHeterogeneity of distribution of square meter footage of commercial, residential, industrial, recreational, and institutional servicesEntropy based indexQuebec assessment roll