Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of the active commuting behaviors of U.S. Department of the Interior employees

Table 2 Multinomial logistic regression analysis for 2010 (n=23,231)

			Commuting Mode^a
	Walk		Bike		Mixed-Mode
	AOR	p-value	AOR	p-value	AOR	p-value
Distance between home and work (miles)
	0.609	<0.001	0.824	<0.0001	1.004	0.1082
Distance between home and nearest public transit station (miles)
<0.5	Reference		Reference		Reference
0.5-1.0	0.582	0.003	0.639	0.002	0.688	0.001
1.0-1.5	0.551	0.018	0.518	0.002	0.593	<0.001
1.5-2.0	0.372	0.013	0.434	0.004	0.564	0.001
>2.0	1.019	0.902	0.351	<0.001	0.382	<0.001
Don't know	0.449	0.001	0.313	<0.001	0.105	<0.001
Not available	0.561	<0.001	0.360	<0.001	0.092	<0.001
Work location
Metro	Reference		Reference		Reference
Non-metro	1.276	0.032	0.689	0.005	0.540	<0.001
Sex
Female	Reference		Reference		Reference
Male	1.559	<0.001	3.968	<0.001	1.186	<0.001
Age (years)
≤30	Reference		Reference		Reference
31-40	1.233	0.260	1.444	0.043	1.084	0.597
41-50	0.972	0.873	1.092	0.632	1.099	0.513
51-60	0.871	0.428	0.947	0.762	1.193	0.208
≥61	0.742	0.157	0.464	0.001	1.028	0.864

Non-active commuters were respondents who chose to drive some type of vehicle (such as a car) to work for all five days of the survey
Walkers were commuters that walked for at least three commute trips during the sample week
Bikers were commuters that biked for at least three commute trips during the sample week
Mixed-mode described commuters that walked or biked in combination with a non-active mode for at least one trip during the sample week
AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio
^aNon-active mode was the reference category

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