Table 3 Description of active transportation methods to school among young Canadians living within 1 mile of their school
From: Active transportation and bullying in Canadian schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study
Total | By Gender | By School Grade | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys | Girls | ≤ Grade 8 | ≥ Grade 9 | |||||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | p-value | N | % | N | % | p-value | |
Total Sample | 3997 | 100.0 | 1930 | 100.0 | 2067 | 100.0 | 2759 | 100.0 | 1238 | 100.0 | ||
No Active Transportation | 1495 | 37.4 | 625 | 32.4 | 870 | 42.1 | < .001 | 1058 | 38.3 | 437 | 35.3 | .066 |
Public Transportation | 520 | 13.0 | 222 | 11.5 | 298 | 14.4 | .006 | 368 | 13.3 | 152 | 12.3 | .36 |
Motorized Private Transportation | 975 | 24.4 | 403 | 20.9 | 572 | 27.7 | < .001 | 690 | 25.0 | 285 | 23.0 | .18 |
Any Active Transportation | 2502 | 62.6 | 1305 | 67.6 | 1197 | 57.9 | < .001 | 1701 | 61.6 | 801 | 64.7 | .066 |
Walking | 2421 | 60.6 | 1245 | 64.5 | 1176 | 56.9 | < .001 | 1630 | 59.1 | 791 | 63.9 | .004 |
Bicycling | 81 | 2.0 | 60 | 3.1 | 21 | 1.0 | < .001 | 71 | 2.6 | 10 | 0.8 | < .001 |
Worrying about being bullied or attacked as an impediment to active transportation | ||||||||||||
Total sample | 2691 | 68.0 | 1187 | 62.1 | 1504 | 73.5 | < .001 | 2026 | 74.1 | 665 | 54.4 | < .001 |
Those using active transportation | 1654 | 66.7 | 795 | 61.5 | 859 | 72.3 | < .001 | 1218 | 72.1 | 436 | 55.1 | < .001 |
Those using public transportation | 362 | 71.0 | 140 | 64.2 | 222 | 76.0 | .004 | 283 | 78.4 | 79 | 53.0 | < .001 |
Those using private transportation | 675 | 69.9 | 252 | 63.2 | 423 | 74.7 | < .001 | 525 | 76.8 | 150 | 53.4 | < .001 |