Table A1

Scale characteristics of perceived opportunities

		Belgium (Flanders)			Finland (Pirkanmaa)			Germany Eastern part (Saxony)			Germany Western part (Northrhine- Westfalia)			Netherlands whole country			Spain (Catalonia)			Switzerland (German speaking part)			Total
		PA	no PA		both	PA		no PA	both		PA	no PA		both	PA		no PA	both		PA	no PA		both	PA	no PA	both	PA	no PA	both	PA	no PA	both
My residential area offers many opportunities to be physically active	0.82	0.77	0.80	0.79	0.66	0.77	0.82	0.76	0.80	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.85	0.68	0.82	0.79	0.78	0.79	0.75	0.77	0.74	0.84	0.80	0.83
Local clubs and other providers in my community offer many opportunities	0.77	0.82	0.78	0.84	0.86	0.85	0.88	0.81	0.87	0.66	0.83	0.74	0.82	0.83	0.82	0.75	0.80	0.77	0.83	0.82	0.82	0.84	0.85	0.84
My community doesn’t do enough for physical activities (recoded)	0.73	0.79	0.76	0.74	0.82	0.75	0.78	0.80	0.79	0.73	0.66	0.70	0.72	0.47	0.68	0.57	0.72	0.66	0.74	0.40	0.71	0.77	0.76	0.77
Factor Eigenvalue	1.8	1.9	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.1	1.9	2.1	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.9	1.4	1.8	1.5	1.8	1.7	1.8	1.4	1.7	2.0	1.9	2.0
% of variance	60	63	60	62	62	62	68	65	68	52	57	54	64	46	60	51	60	58	60	47	58	66	65	66
Scale Cronbach's α	0.67	0.70	0.68	0.70	0.67	0.69	0.76	0.73	0.75	0.54	0.61	0.57	0.74	0.34	0.65	0.50	0.65	0.59	0.66	0.41	0.63	0.75	0.72	0.74

For each analysis, “Factor Eigenvalue” refers to the total variance explained by the opportunity factor.