3.2.3. Activity Preferences of Different Groups of People

From the results of the cross-analysis (Table 4), we can see the diversity of activities of different groups of people in the community greenway. In terms of gender, the proportion of males who exercised in community greenways (60%) was relatively high, while the proportion of women interacting with family, neighbors and friends (14.29%) was significantly higher than that of males (4%). From the perspective of age, young people tended to use the greenway for daily traffic (62.5%) while seldom for other activities (25%). A larger proportion of middle-aged and elderly people used the community greenway for optional and social activities. The elderly who were over 66 years old in the community greenway tended to do more optional (52% leisure activities, 68% physical exercise) and social activities (12% interaction with family and neighbors). While only 24% of elderly people took the greenway as traffic paths. The activities taken by residents in different job status verified the analysis of the age groups. The students mainly used the community greenway as daily passages, and the employers used it mainly for both necessary and optional activities. Retired people mainly carried out optional activities, while those who were unemployed had the highest proportion of social activities (20%). The housewives in this group accounted for a high proportion, and the main activity was to care for kids. From the influence of education level on activity, the choice of social activities (20%) mainly came from the primary school and below, mainly unemployed female and elderly people, corresponding to the above analysis of job status. For the influence of income, the users of the community greenway are mainly medium-level (2000~10000 RMB), among which the higher proportion of people in the income level of 5001~10000 RMB (59.26%) chose sports activities, and also this group had the highest proportion to shop at the vendors along the greenway (18.52%).
