The Study
Study Participants (n = 2092):
- 56% are female
- 66% are of working age (17-60 years old)
- 54% are in part-time or full-time employment
- 81% have access to one or more cars
- 33% travel by public transport 'quite' or 'very often'
- 27% have a limiting, longstanding illness
- 19% are current smokers
- 45% believe their home is ‘very well placed’ for a general food store
- 31% feel ‘very much’ a part of their local community
- 15% believe vandalism to be serious in their local area
- 74% have taken walks of 2 miles or more in the previous year
