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Table 3 Relationship between area-level SES and type of urbanization with the number of independent mobility licences

From: Relationships between area-level socioeconomic status and urbanization with active transportation, independent mobility, outdoor time, and physical activity among Canadian children

Independent variables

Dependent variable: independent mobility licences

Girls

Boys

B

95% CI

p

B

95% CI

p

Fixed Effects

 (Intercept)

1.85

1.45–2.25

< 0.001

2.23

1.82–2.63

< 0.001

 School SES: low (ref: high)

−0.19

−0.50 - 0.12

0.239

0.05

− 0.25 - 0.35

0.725

 Site: Vancouver (ref: Ottawa)

−0.22

− 0.59 - 0.15

0.248

− 0.18

− 0.55 - 0.18

0.330

 Site: Trois-Rivières

0.67

0.28–1.07

0.002

0.36

−0.03 - 0.76

0.076

 Type of urbanization: suburban (ref: urban)

0.01

−0.36 - 0.37

0.976

−0.20

−0.56 - 0.15

0.261

 Type of urbanization: rural

0.14

−0.24 - 0.52

0.466

0.05

−0.32 - 0.43

0.778

 Parental education: high school or less (ref: University)

0.07

−0.23 - 0.37

0.635

−0.24

−0.60 - 0.12

0.197

 Parental education: college

0.18

−0.05 - 0.41

0.131

0.00

−0.26 - 0.26

0.992

 Age in years (centered)

0.55

0.45–0.65

< 0.001

0.63

0.52–0.75

< 0.001

 Car ownership: ≥ 2 cars (ref: ≤ 1 car)

−0.00

−0.20 - 0.19

0.961

−0.16

− 0.40 - 0.07

0.186

 Home ownership: yes (ref: no)

0.07

−0.16 - 0.29

0.567

0.28

0.02–0.55

0.041

Random Effects

 σ2

1.834

2.109

 τ00, School_ID

0.138

0.097

 NSchool_ID

37

37

 ICCSchool_ID

0.070

0.044

 Observations

935

764

 R2 / Ω02

0.294 / 0.293

0.243 / 0.241

 AIC

3283.974

2787.764

 Deviance

3257.974

2761.764

  1. B Unstandardized beta coefficient, CI confidence interval, p p-value, SES Socioeconomic status, σ2 variance within cluster groups (schools), τ00 variance within the dependent variable between schools, N Number of schools, ICC Intraclass correlation coefficient, R2 / Ω02 pseudo R2 estimates, AIC Akaike information criterion