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Recreational Trails

Data Sources: Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance System (RRFSS), 2002 to 2005, and 2007 to 2010

Sample: Residents 18 years and over in the KFL&A area.

Released: October 2012

Knowledge of walking, biking, or nature trails

Figure A. Percentage of adults, 18+, who know of any walking, biking, or nature trails in KFL&A

Figure A. Please see below data table for text representation.

Table A. Percentage of adults, 18+, who know of any walking, biking, or nature trails in KFL&A, % (95% Confidence Interval)
Year	Adults 18+
2002	78.2% (75.1, 80.9)
2003	77.6% (74.9, 80.0)
2004	77.0% (74.3, 79.5)
2005	82.4% (78.5, 85.7)
2007	82.8% (80.6, 84.8)
2008	83.8% (81.6, 85.7)
2010	85.8% (83.8, 87.6)
Total	81.3% (80.4, 82.2)

Interpretation for Figure A:

Figure A outlines the percentage of adults aged 18+ who knew of any walking, biking, or nature trails in KFL&A area from 2002-2005 and 2007-2010. In 2010, 85.8% (83.8-87.6) of adults knew of a walking, biking, or nature trail in the KFL&A area.

Knowledge of walking, biking, or nature trails by age group

Figure B. Percentage of adults, 18+, who know of any walking, biking, or nature trails by age group in KFL&A

Figure B. Please see below data table for text representation.

Table B. Percentage of adults who know of any walking, biking, or nature trails by age group in KFL&A, % (95% Confidence Interval)
Year	Ages 18 to 34	Ages 35 to 64	Ages 65+
2002	72.0% (65.3, 77.8)	85.0% (81.2, 88.1)	65.6% (57.7, 72.8)
2003	75.9% (70.3, 80.8)	81.6% (78.2, 84.6)	68.1% (61.8, 73.8)
2004	77.0% (71.0, 82.0)	77.7% (74.1, 81.0)	73.6% (67.4, 79.0)
2005	78.9% (70.3, 85.5)	86.8% (82.0, 90.6)	70.3% (58.8, 79.8)
2007	83.5% (77.3, 88.2)	87.1% (84.4, 89.3)	72.5% (67.3, 77.1)
2008	84.4% (78.5, 88.9)	87.4% (84.7, 89.6)	74.5% (69.5, 78.9)
2010	83.0% (76.0, 88.3)	88.1% (85.6, 90.2)	82.7% (78.5, 86.2)
Total	78.8% (76.5, 81.0)	85.0% (83.8, 86.1)	74.0% (71.9, 76.0)

Interpretation for Figure B:

From 2002-2005 and 2007-2010 the majority of adults knew of any walking, biking, or nature trails in KFL&A area. Overall, adults ages 35-64 are more likely than the other age groups to know of any walking, biking, or nature trails in KFL&A area.

Use of walking, biking, or nature trails

Figure C. Percentage of adults, 18+, have used walking, biking, or nature trails in the past 12 months in KFL&A

Figure C. Please see below data table for text representation.

Table C. Percentage of adults have used walking, biking, or nature trails in the past 12 months in KFL&A area by year, % (95% Confidence Interval)
Year	Adults 18+
2002	55.8% (51.8, 59.7)
2003	56.0% (52.5, 59.4)
2004	53.9% (50.4, 57.3)
2005	64.0% (58.4, 69.3)
2007	58.1% (55.0, 61.1)
2008	56.5% (53.4, 59.5)
2010	59.0% (56.1, 61.9)
Total	57.2% (55.9, 58.4)

Interpretation for Figure C:

Figure C outlines the percentage of adults who had used walking, biking, or nature trails in the previous 12 months in KFL&A area from 2002-2005 and 2007-2010. An average of 57.2% (55.9-58.4) of KFL&A adults from 2002-2005 and 2007-2010 used a trail in the previous 12 months.

Use of walking, biking, or nature trails by age group

Figure D. Percentage of adults who have used walking, biking, or nature trails in the past 12 months by age group in KFL&A

Figure D. Please see below data table for text representation.

Table D. Percentage of adults who have used walking, biking, or nature trails in the past 12 months by age group in KFL&A, % (95% Confidence Interval)
Year	Ages 18 to 34	Ages 35 to 64	Ages 65+
2002	66.8% (58.3, 74.2)	54.4% (49.4, 59.4)	37.6% (28.5, 47.8)
2003	68.8% (62.1, 74.8)	56.7% (52.0, 61.2)	28.3% (21.7, 35.9)
2004	70.4% (63.2, 76.7)	54.7% (50.1, 59.2)	25.7% (19.4, 33.2)
2005	72.7% (61.4, 81.7)	63.9% (56.6, 70.6)	45.8% (32.0, 60.3)
2007	71.5% (64.1, 77.9)	58.6% (54.7, 62.4)	41.6% (35.4, 48.1)
2008	67.5% (59.5, 74.5)	59.7% (55.8, 63.5)	36.4% (30.4, 42.8)
2010	63.3% (54.3, 71.5)	63.4% (59.7, 67.0)	44.4% (38.8, 50.1)
Total	68.6% (65.7, 71.4)	58.8% (57.2, 60.5)	37.5% (34.8, 40.3)

Interpretation for Figure D:

In KFL&A from 2002-2005 and 2007-2010, an average of 68.6% (65.7-71.4) of adults aged 18-34 had used a walking, biking, or nature trail in the past 12 months, followed by 58.8% (57.2-60.5) of adults aged 35-64 and 37.5% (34.8-40.3) of adults aged 65+. There is a decreasing trend in the use of walking, biking, or nature trails as age increases.

Confidence Intervals Explained

Researchers look at the "confidence levels" of percentages being compared to decide if there is a statistically significant difference between percentages. A statistically significant difference means that:

the difference between two percentages is unlikely to have occurred by chance alone, and
there is a true difference or change in the percentages.

In this report, 95% confidence intervals will accompany each percentage in all figures and tables. This interval represents the range in which we are 95% confident the true percentage will fall within. In tables, the 95% confidence intervals will be written with the percentage, followed by the 95% confidence interval range in brackets (e.g., 25% (12.3, 32.4)). In figures, the 95% confidence interval is represented by vertical bars in each bar line.

Notes

The RRFSS is a random-digit-dialed telephone survey of adults aged 18 years and older, conducted by the Institute for Social Research at York University, on behalf of KFL&A Public Health.