Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Neighborhood safety and the prevalence of physical inactivity-selected states. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 1999;38:143-146.
In this study, the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Heath Promotion analyzed cross-sectional national data. Respondents who reported higher levels of perceived neighborhood safety also reported lower prevalence of inactivity. This was especially the case with respondents who were age 65 or older and racial/ethnic minorities. Neighborhood safety did not seem to matter to respondents with more than a high school education. One limitation of this cross-sectional study, the authors note, is that the data may be confounded by unmeasured individual characteristics.
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