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Table 2 Distribution of usual mode of travel to school by type (adjusted for survey design)

From: How do children travel to school in urban India? A cross-sectional study of 5,842 children in Hyderabad

Travel mode to school

Government

Semi-private

Private

Overall

 

%

(95 % CI)

%

(95 % CI)

%

(95 % CI)

%

(95 % CI)

Walk

69.0

(58, 79)

68.0

(59, 76)

53.0

(34, 71)

57.0

(41, 71)

Cycle

6.0

(4, 11)

6.0

(4, 9)

6.0

(3, 9)

6.0

(4, 8)

School bus

0.6

(0.2, 2)

1.0

(0.2, 8)

11.0

(5, 21)

8.0

(4, 17)

Car

0.5

(0.2, 1)

0.2

(0, 1)

5.0

(2, 16)

4.0

(1, 12)

2 wheeler

2.0

(1 , 3)

10.0

(6, 16)

11.0

(7, 16)

9.0

(6, 14)

RTC bus

19.0

(10, 34)

10.0

(4 , 25)

2.0

(1, 5)

5.0

(3, 10)

Auto-rickshaw

2.0

(1, 6)

4.0

(2, 7)

12.0

(5, 27)

10.0

(4, 21)

Cycle-rickshaw

1.0

(0, 1)

1.0

(0.2, 1)

0.3

(0.1, 1)

0.3

(0.1, 0.5)

Train

0.0

(0, 0)

0.0

(0, 0.3)

0.0

(0, 0)

0.0

(0, 0)

Other

0.1

(0, 1)

0.1

(0, 1)

1.0

(0.3, 3)

0.07

(0.3, 2)

Distance (km) to school (mean, SD)

1.7

(2.4)

1.4

(2.9)

2.3

(2.1)

2.0

(2.6)