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Table 4 Individual, behavioural, psycho-social, and environmental correlates of active school transports in secondary school students

From: Mode shifting in school travel mode: examining the prevalence and correlates of active school transport in Ontario, Canada

 

To school

   

From school

   
 

Unadjusted OR

95% CI

Adjusted OR

95% CI

Unadjusted OR

95% CI

Adjusted OR

95% CI

Socio- demographic

        

Grade

        

   Grade 9

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

   Grade 10

0.96

0.69-1.35

0.95

0.67-1.35

0.97

0.72-1.31

1.03

0.73-1.44

   Grade 11

1.08

0.76-1.53

1.14

0.77-1.69

1.15

0.80-1.65

1.26

0.81-1.97

   Grade 12

0.70

0.49-1.00

0.71

0.48-1.05

0.73

0.53-1.01

0.83

0.56-1.24

Sex

        

   Boys

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

   Girls

0.70*

0.52-0.94

0.66**

0.49-0.89

0.79

0.60-1.03

0.74*

0.55-0.99

Weight status

        

   Normal weight

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

Overweight/

Obese

1.02

0.76-1.36

0.99

0.74-1.33

0.94

0.73-1.21

0.94

0.70-1.27

Behavioural

        

MVPA

        

   0-4 day/wk

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

   ≥5 days/wk

1.41*

1.04-1.90

1.39*

1.01-1.90

1.27

0.98-1.66

1.21

0.90-1.62

Smoking in the past 12 months

        

   Did not smoke

    

1

 

1

 

   Occasional/regular smoker

    

0.74*

0.56-0.98

0.76

0.56-1.03

Part-time job

        

   Did not work outside home

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

   1-5 hours/wk

0.72

0.48-1.07

0.76

0.52-1.11

0.67**

0.47-0.97

0.80

0.57-1.11

   ≥6 hours/wk

0.58**

0.41-0.81

0.65*

0.45-0.93

0.55***

0.41-0.75

0.62**

0.44-0.86

Psychological

        

Decision-making on mode choice

        

Never/rarely/

sometimes

-

   

1

 

1

 

Often/always

-

-

  

1.57**

1.21-2.05

1.52**

1.13-2.04

Parents don't know where their children are in free time away from home

        

   Always/usually

1

 

1

     

   Sometimes/seldom/never

1.43*

1.00-2.04

1.36

0.94-1.97

    

Environmental

        

Travelled to/from school

        

   0-15 minutes

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

   16-30 minutes

0.91

0.63-1.33

0.84

0.59-1.19

0.92

0.66-1.28

0.95

0.67-1.34

   ≥31 minutes

0.24***

0.14-0.40

0.23***

0.13-0.38

0.60**

0.42-0.85

0.72

0.51-1.03

Living in urban area

        

Rural

-

   

1

 

1

 

Urban

-

-

  

3.17**

1.48-6.78

2.67*

1.22-5.82

Regions

        

   Toronto

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

   North

0.54

0.28-1.05

0.70

0.37-1.30

0.46*

0.22-0.94

0.58

0.28-1.25

   West

0.60*

0.37-0.96

0.69

0.42-1.13

0.62

0.36-1.08

0.93

0.52-1.62

   East

0.64

0.40-1.03

0.78

0.47-1.28

0.67

0.40-1.13

0.93

0.53-1.63

Catholic school

        

   No

1

 

1

 

-

   

   Yes

0.69*

0.48-0.98

0.75

0.53-1.04

-

-

  

Changing school in the last five years

        

   No

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

   Yes

1.39*

1.03-1.84

1.19

0.87-1.63

1.44**

1.10-1.88

1.35

0.99-1.82

Moving home in the last five years

        

   No

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

   Yes

1.37**

1.10-1.72

1.33*

1.05-1.70

1.27*

1.02-1.58

1.11

0.86-1.43

  1. *** p < 0.001;** p < 0.01;* p < 0.05
  2. OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. Only the unadjusted and adjusted ORs and CIs of variables are included in the final models reported in this table.