Understanding child and parent perceptions of barriers influencing children’s active school travel

Wilson, Katherine; Clark, Andrew F.; Gilliland, Jason A.

doi:10.1186/s12889-018-5874-y

BMC Public Health

Table 5 Univariate logistic regression analysis to understand the impact perceived barriers have on AST behaviour while controlling for intrapersonal, interpersonal, and physical environmental factors

From: Understanding child and parent perceptions of barriers influencing children’s active school travel

	Active Travel to School						Active Travel from School
	Parent Perceptions			Child Perceptions			Parent Perceptions			Child Perceptions
	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P
Physical Environment
Too Far / Takes too much Time	0.197	0.125–0.312	< 0.001	0.690	0.401–1.186	0.179	0.296	0.197–0.446	< 0.001	0.470	0.283–0.781	0.004
Not enough sidewalks	0.773	0.587–1.017	0.066	0.802	0.540–1.190	0.272	0.824	0.574–1.183	0.294	0.648	0.419–1.000	0.049
Not enough bike paths	0.637	0.501–0.809	< 0.001	0.685	0.478–0.982	0.040	0.689	0.508–0.936	0.017	0.610	0.403–0.923	0.019
No bike rack	0.709	0.456–1.102	0.126	0.806	0.575–1.132	0.214	0.907	0.586–1.403	0.660	0.710	0.529–0.952	0.022
Not lots of trees	0.963	0.692–1.341	0.825	0.778	0.615–0.985	0.037	1.079	0.788–1.477	0.637	0.761	0.535–1.082	0.129
Safety
Route feels unsafe due to traffic	0.306	0.233–0.402	< 0.001	0.608	0.440–0.841	0.003	0.343	0.260–0.451	< 0.001	0.535	0.358–0.801	0.002
Drivers speed on streets	0.751	0.598–0.943	0.014	0.894	0.716–1.116	0.322	0.798	0.606–1.050	0.108	0.706	0.504–0.990	0.043
Too many busy streets	0.352	0.254–0.487	< 0.001	0.585	0.399–0.859	0.006	0.314	0.222–0.446	< 0.001	0.501	0.373–0.673	< 0.001
Feels unsafe because of crime	0.490	0.300–0.803	0.005	0.651	0.422–1.006	0.053	0.368	0.229–0.593	< 0.001	0.439	0.259–0.745	0.002
Unsafe for child to walk alone	0.372	0.274–0.504	< 0.001	0.498	0.354–0.699	< 0.001	0.398	0.303–0.524	< 0.001	0.482	0.330–0.705	< 0.001
Unsafe for child to walk with friends	0.464	0.302–0.713	< 0.001	0.727	0.429–1.233	0.237	0.380	0.274–0.526	< 0.001	0.604	0.381–0.955	0.031
Social
No one to walk with	0.244	0.190–0.315	< 0.001	0.535	0.362–0.791	0.002	0.264	0.187–0.372	< 0.001	0.462	0.309–0.690	< 0.001
I do not know people in my neighbourhood	0.723	0.534–0.980	0.036	0.813	0.607–1.088	0.164	0.625	0.444–0.881	0.007	0.679	0.477–0.966	0.032
Might get bullied/ teased	0.448	0.316–0.634	< 0.001	0.570	0.372–0.874	0.010	0.418	0.283–0.616	< 0.001	0.541	0.336–0.868	0.011
Individual/ Family Preferences
Route is boring	1.080	0.664–1.757	0.757	0.896	0.632–1.270	0.536	1.022	0.619–1.690	0.931	0.799	0.515–1.239	0.316
Get too hot/sweaty	0.708	0.319–1.570	0.395	0.831	0.596–1.159	0.276	0.723	0.409–1.278	0.264	0.620	0.432–0.888	0.009
Not fun to walk	0.602	0.318–1.140	0.119	0.746	0.516–1.077	0.118	0.643	0.421–0.981	0.041	0.479	0.310–0.741	0.001
Too much stuff to carry	0.362	0.265–0.494	< 0.001	0.664	0.432–1.020	0.061	0.312	0.222–0.439	< 0.001	0.541	0.350–0.834	0.005
More difficult to walk than drive	0.099	0.065–0.150	< 0.001	0.191	0.141–0.257	< 0.001	0.146	0.100–0.213	< 0.001	0.225	0.156–0.326	< 0.001

All italicized numbers represent statistical signifigance based on critical value cut-offs p<0.05 or p<0.01

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