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Active School Transport among Children from Canada, Colombia, Finland, South Africa, and the United States: A Tale of Two Journeys
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 3847, p 3847 (2020), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 17, Issue 11
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2020.
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Abstract
- Walking and biking to school represent a source of regular daily physical activity (PA). The objectives of this paper are to determine the associations of distance to school, crime safety, and socioeconomic variables with active school transport (AST) among children from five culturally and socioeconomically different country sites and to describe the main policies related to AST in those country sites. The analytical sample included 2845 children aged 9–11 years from the International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment. Multilevel generalized linear mixed models were used to estimate the associations between distance, safety and socioeconomic variables, and the odds of engaging in AST. Greater distance to school and vehicle ownership were associated with a lower likelihood of engaging in AST in sites in upper-middle- and high-income countries. Crime perception was negatively associated to AST only in sites in high-income countries. Our results suggest that distance to school is a consistent correlate of AST in different contexts. Our findings regarding crime perception support a need vs. choice framework, indicating that AST may be the only commuting choice for many children from the study sites in upper-middle-income countries, despite the high perception of crime.
- Subjects :
- Male
safety
Canada
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
education
active school transport
Poison control
lcsh:Medicine
Transportation
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Walking
Colombia
Suicide prevention
digestive system
Article
Childhood obesity
Occupational safety and health
Odds
03 medical and health sciences
South Africa
0302 clinical medicine
Residence Characteristics
Injury prevention
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Child
distance
Socioeconomic status
Finland
Schools
lcsh:R
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Human factors and ergonomics
medicine.disease
United States
Cross-Sectional Studies
Geography
416 Food Science
Female
Demography
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16617827 and 16604601
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 3847
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....61c7fee57a632565c64838d864b26255