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Table 2 Self-reported attitudes and perceptions regarding active school transportation (Unescorted walkers, n =111, escorted walkers, n =233, escorted drivers, n =146)

From: Understanding the drive to escort: a cross-sectional analysis examining parental attitudes towards children’s school travel and independent mobility

 

B(SE)

Lower

95% CI For odds Ratio

Upper

   

Odds Ratio

Escorted Walkers vs. Unescorted Walkers

Demographics- Intercept

11.20 (1.67)***

   

Child’s Age

-.92 (.11)***

.32

.40

.49

Gender (male)

.26 (.36)

.64

1.30

2.65

Parents Income (>$60K)

.60 (.47)

.71

1.8

4.63

Employment Status (full-time)

-.76 (.41)

.21

.47

.93

# of cars/household

-.57 (.32)

.30

.56

1.05

# of driver licenses

.41 (.30)

.84

1.51

2.71

Language Spoken in the Home (English)

-1.23 (.44)**

.12

.29

.68

Parental School Travel Mode as a Child (walking)

.85 (.46)

.96

2.35

5.75

School Distance from home (<1 km)

-.67 (.44)

.22

.51

1.21

Region (Toronto)

.28 (.71)

.33

1.32

5.34

(Peel)

-.06 (.79)

.20

.94

4.41

(Durham, York, Halton)

-1.00 (.74)

.09

.37

1.58

Perceived AST Safety -Intercept

2.30 (1.13)*

   

There are safe bike routes/paths around the school1

-.09 (.08)

.78

.92

1.07

People drive safely enough in my neighborhood1

-.18 (.09)

.70

.84

1.00

There are too many cars in the morning around my school1

.01 (.09)

.84

1.01

1.21

I worry about strangers/bullies approaching my child1

.26 (.09)**

1.08

1.30

1.56

I Have discussed how to walk/bike safely with child1

-.38 (.19)*

.47

.69

1.00

At what age did/would you allow your child to travel to school unsupervised?

.37 (.09)***

1.22

1.45

1.71

Perceived AST advantages- Intercept

1.66 (1.26)

   

Importance of child exercising on route to/from school1

-.14 (.23)

.56

.87

1.35

Importance of child travelling to school in an environmentally friendly way1

.04 (.19)

.71

1.04

1.52

I chose to live in my area so my child could walk to school1

-.11 (.11)

.73

.90

1.12

Convenience of current method of school travel2

.01 (.09)

.84

1.01

1.21

Escorted Drivers vs. Unescorted Walkers

    

Demographic s - Intercept

10.88 (1.71)***

   

Child’s Age

-.88 (.11)***

.34

.42

.52

Gender (male)

-.13 (.38)

.42

.88

1.86

Parents Income (>$60K)

.30 (.49)

.51

1.35

3.55

Employment Status (full-time)

-.05 (.45)

.40

.95

2.28

# of cars/household

.69 (.35)*

1.00

2.00

4.00

# of driver licenses

.09 (.32)

.59

1.10

2.05

Language Spoken in the Home (English)

-1.45 (.45)***

.10

.23

.56

Parental School Travel Mode as a Child (walking)

-.08 (.45)

.38

.93

2.25

School Distance from home (<1 km)

-2.24 (.45)***

.04

.11

.26

Region (Toronto)

-.56 (.75)

.13

.57

2.47

(Peel)

.26 (.80)

.27

1.30

6.15

(Durham, York, Halton)

-.65 (.76)

.12

.52

2.32

Perceived AST Safety- Intercept

2.14 (1.23)

   

There are safe bike routes/paths around the school1

-.16 (.10)

.71

.86

1.03

People drive safely enough in my neighborhood1

-.00 (.11)

.81

1.00

1.24

There are too many cars in the morning around my school1

.28 (.12)*

1.04

1.31

1.67

I worry about strangers/bullies approaching my child1

.46 (.13)**

1.22

1.58

2.05

I Have discussed how to walk/bike safely with child1

-1.02 (.19)***

.25

.36

.52

At what age did/would you allow your child to travel to school unsupervised?

.39 (.11)***

1.20

1.48

1.83

Perceived AST advantages- Intercept

5.94 (1.33)***

   

Importance of child exercising on route to/from school1

-.95 (.22)***

.25

.39

.60

Importance of child travelling to school in an environmentally friendly way1

.18 (.22)

.79

1.20

1.86

I chose to live in my area so my child could walk to school1

-.42 (.11)***

.53

.66

.82

Convenience of current method of school travel2

-.19 (.12)

.66

.82

1.04

Perceived methods to increase greater AST- Intercept

-3.01 (.87)***

   

Appeal of walking to school with child3

.37 (.18)*

1.01

1.44

2.06

Appeal of child walking to school with a supervised group, organized by the school.3

.28 (.19)

.91

1.32

1.91

List of nearby parents who would like their kids to walk to school together would be useful1

-.078 (.15)

.69

.93

1.24

Likelihood of utilizing a service that provides you with matches to other parents in your area who may be able to walk with you and your child to/from school4

-.01 (.13)

.77

.99

1.27

Likelihood of utilizing an organized walking school bus4

.26 (.13)*

1.00

1.30

1.68

  1. 1Scored on a 5-point scale with the anchors: 1 (strongly disagree), 2(somewhat disagree), 3 (neither agree/disagree), 4 (somewhat agree), 5(strongly agree).
  2. 2Scored on a 4-point scale with the anchors: 1 (Very inconvenient), 2(somewhat inconvenient), 3(somewhat convenient), 4(very convenient).
  3. 3Scored on a 4-point scale with the anchors: 1 (unappealing), 2(somewhat unappealing), 3(somewhat appealing), 4(Appealing).
  4. 4Scored on a 5-point scale with anchors: 1 (not at all likely), 5 (extremely likely).
  5. Note: *p<.05, **p<.01, ***p<.001.