Table 1 Semi-structured discussion guide
From: Factors influencing mode of transport in older adolescents: a qualitative study
Question type | Purpose | Question | Timing |
|---|---|---|---|
Opening | To get participants acquainted and feel connected | 1. Tell us your name, study and whether or not you have a moped -or a driver license. | 5 min |
Introduction | To begin discussion of topic | 2. What springs to mind when you hear the term “active transportation”? | 5 min |
Transition | To move towards the key questions | 3. A) Which transport mode do you use most often to go to school? | 5 min |
→it can also be a combination | |||
→same transport mode to and from school? | |||
B) Which transport mode do you use to go to other destinations in your neighborhood (short distance)? Such as sport clubs, shops, friends… | |||
Transition | 4. A) What is, according to you, a feasible distance to cycle to destinations? | 5 min | |
B) From research, it shows that 8 km is feasible. What do you think of that? | |||
Key | 5. Who thinks he lives on a feasible walking or cycling distance from school? Which elements determine your choice of transportation? | 10 min | |
- weather | |||
- physical environment | |||
- habit | |||
- influence of parents, friends, partner… | |||
- fatigue | |||
- safety | |||
- financial status | |||
- time (faster/slower) | |||
- health (more active…) | |||
- ecological aspect | |||
- other intrinsic or extrinsic motivational factors… | |||
6. Which elements determine your choice of transportation to other destinations in your neighborhood ? Such as sport clubs, shops, friends… | 10 min | ||
Transition | 7. Think back at the 3 previous years. Did you always go with the same transport mode to destinations in your neighborhood, or was there a switch in transport mode? | 5 min | |
Key | To obtain insight about areas central to the study | 8. Think back at the 3 previous years. Which elements made you maintain transport mode or which elements made you switch transport mode to destinations in your neighborhood? | 10 min |
- moped –and/or car driver license | |||
- physical environment | |||
- social influence (parents, friends, partner…) | |||
- financial status | |||
- safety | |||
- health reasons | |||
- other intrinsic or extrinsic motivational factors… | |||
9. A) According to you, what are the advantages and disadvantages of walking and cycling to destinations? | |||
B) According to you, what are the advantages and disadvantages of using a moped, a motorcycle or a car to go to destinations? | 10 min | ||
Key | 10. How would you encourage adolescents of your age to cycle or walk more to destinations in their neighborhood? | 15 min | |
11. Which channels/media would you use to encourage adolescents of your age to cycle or walk more to destinations in their neighborhood? | |||
Ending | To determine where to place emphasis and to bring closure to the discussion | 12. Choose one element that influences your choice of transportation the most. | 5 min |
Ending | 13. Is there anything that we should have talked about but didn’t? | 5 min |