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Table 2 Number and per cent of positive and negative reporting of cycling by city and over time

From: Representations of cycling in metropolitan newspapers - changes over time and differences between Sydney and Melbourne, Australia

	Positive		Negative
	(N = 128)		(N = 118)
	N	%	N	%
City
Melbourne	81	45.8	51	28.8
Sydney	47	31.5	67	45.0
	χ² = 6.86, p < .01		χ² = 9.14, p < .01
Year
1998-99	32	30.2	48	45.3
2003	17	33.3	19	37.3
2007-08	79	46.8	51	30.2
	χ² = 8.38, p = .02		χ² = 6.47, p = .04

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