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Built environmental correlates of walking and cycling in dutch urban children: Results from the SPACE study
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- This study examined built environmental correlates of children's walking and cycling behavior. Four hundred and forty-eight children from 10 Dutch neighborhoods completed a seven-day physical activity diary in which the number of walking and cycling trips for transportation, to school, and for recreation were assessed. The associations between observed built environmental characteristics and children's walking and cycling behavior were examined with multivariate linear regression analyses. The results showed that built environmental correlates of children's walking and cycling behavior differ by purpose and by commuting mode implying a behavior-specific approach for interventions and for future, preferably prospective, studies. © 2010 by the authors.
- Subjects :
- cycling
physical activity
Walking
health behavior
male
environmental factor
Urban design
traffic and transport
controlled study
human
Linear regression
Child
Netherlands
Infrastructure
article
correlational study
child behavior
recreation
school child
major clinical study
Bicycling
female
Health
urban population
Leefomgeving en gezondheid
human activities
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.dris...00893..fea3c34cbdda258a7bb48f2aadcb066d