From: Understanding child and parent perceptions of barriers influencing children’s active school travel
Variable | Active Travel to School | Active Travel from School | ||||||||||
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Parent Perceptions | Child Perceptions | Parent Perceptions | Child Perceptions | |||||||||
OR | 95% CI | P | OR | 95% CI | P | OR | 95% CI | P | OR | 95% CI | P | |
Barriers: Physical Environment | ||||||||||||
Too far / Takes too much time | 0.399 | 0.216–0.738 | 0.003 | – | – | – | 0.577 | 0.322–1.034 | 0.064 | 0.768 | 0.487–1.211 | 0.256 |
Not enough bike paths | 1.159 | 0.771–1.742 | 0.479 | 0.942 | 0.606–1.465 | 0.791 | 1.312 | 0.861–1.999 | 0.207 | 1.015 | 0.622–1.657 | 0.951 |
Not enough sidewalks | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.861 | 0.577–1.285 | 0.464 |
No bike rack | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.168 | 0.761–1.792 | 0.477 |
Not lots of trees | – | – | – | 0.766 | 0.589–0.998 | 0.048 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Barriers: Safety | ||||||||||||
Route feels unsafe due to traffic | 0.590 | 0.345–1.008 | 0.053 | 1.034 | 0.640–1.671 | 0.892 | 0.906 | 0.550–1.490 | 0.697 | 0.905 | 0.476–1.719 | 0.760 |
Too many busy streets | 0.779 | 0.470–1.291 | 0.333 | 1.134 | 0.625–2.059 | 0.678 | 0.589 | 0.344–1.010 | 0.054 | 1.042 | 0.533–1.966 | 0.898 |
Unsafe for child to walk alone | 0.695 | 0.448–1.080 | 0.106 | 0.627 | 0.392–1.005 | 0.052 | 0.991 | 0.652–1.507 | 0.968 | 0.857 | 0.562–1.307 | 0.473 |
Unsafe for child to walk with friends | 1.217 | 0.616–2.405 | 0.572 | – | – | – | 0.710 | 0.434–1.161 | 0.173 | 0.852 | 0.426–1.704 | 0.651 |
Drivers speed on streets | 1.415 | 1.032–1.940 | 0.031 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.326 | 0.942–1.865 | 0.105 |
Feels unsafe because of crime | 0.837 | 0.393–1.782 | 0.644 | – | – | – | 0.638 | 0.335–1.214 | 0.171 | 0.446 | 0.233–0.851 | 0.014 |
Barriers: Social | ||||||||||||
No one to walk with | 0.523 | 0.355–0.768 | < 0.001 | 0.677 | 0.443–1.034 | 0.071 | 0.517 | 0.300–0.894 | 0.018 | 0.621 | 0.374–1.032 | 0.066 |
Might get bullied/teased | 1.133 | 0.719–1.784 | 0.592 | 0.902 | 0.559–1.456 | 0.672 | 1.056 | 0.626–1.784 | 0.836 | 0.926 | 0.579–1.482 | 0.749 |
I do not know people in my neighbourhood | 1.162 | 0.829–1.630 | 0.383 | – | – | – | 1.022 | 0.695–1.503 | 0.910 | 0.906 | 0.617–1.330 | 0.614 |
Barriers: Individual/ Family Preferences | ||||||||||||
More difficult to walk than drive | 0.130 | 0.083–0.205 | < 0.001 | 0.197 | 0.141–0.276 | < 0.001 | 0.197 | 0.123–0.315 | < 0.001 | 0.243 | 0.168–0.352 | < 0.001 |
Too much stuff to carry | 0.936 | 0.558–1.568 | 0.801 | – | – | – | 0.551 | 0.343–0.886 | 0.014 | 0.758 | 0.451–1.273 | 0.294 |
Get too hot/ sweaty | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.276 | 0.844–1.930 | 0.248 |
Not fun to walk | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.449 | 1.252–4.792 | 0.009 | 0.917 | 0.575–1.461 | 0.715 |
Constant | 118.737 | 7.562–1864.471 | 0.001 | 4.066 | 0.385–42.976 | 0.244 | 41.369 | 1.537–832.813 | 0.020 | 2.100 | 0.124–35.486 | 0.607 |
Sample size (N) | 1169 | 1188 | 1172 | 1046 | ||||||||
Pseudo R2 | 0.333 | 0.233 | 0.297 | 0.255 | ||||||||
Log Pseudolikelihood | −470.972 | − 547.689 | −439.301 | −419.026 |