Weather conditions as cross-sectional moderators of the associations between the physical environment and walking behavior in the Netherlands

There is increasing evidence that people’s walking behavior is linked to the physical environment to which they are exposed. However, whether this association is moderated through local weather conditions is largely unclear. Based on Dutch National Travel Survey data, we applied latent class analysis to determine co-occurring weather conditions and used Tobit regression model to examine whether and, if so, to what extent weather conditions moderated the associations between the physical environment and different walking patterns on weekdays and weekends. We found that in warm and dry weather c... Mehr ...