Table 2 |
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| Self-reported attitudes and perceptions regarding active school transportation (Unescorted walkers,n=111, escorted walkers,n=233, escorted drivers,n=146) | ||||
| B(SE) | Lower | 95% CI For odds Ratio | Upper | |
| Odds Ratio | ||||
| Escorted Walkers vs. Unescorted Walkers | ||||
| Demographics- Intercept | 11.20 (1.67)*** | |||
| Child’s Age | -.92 (.11)*** | .32 | .40 | .49 |
| Gender (male) | .26 (.36) | .64 | 1.30 | 2.65 |
| Parents Income (>$60K) | .60 (.47) | .71 | 1.8 | 4.63 |
| Employment Status (full-time) | -.76 (.41) | .21 | .47 | .93 |
| # of cars/household | -.57 (.32) | .30 | .56 | 1.05 |
| # of driver licenses | .41 (.30) | .84 | 1.51 | 2.71 |
| Language Spoken in the Home (English) | -1.23 (.44)** | .12 | .29 | .68 |
| Parental School Travel Mode as a Child (walking) | .85 (.46) | .96 | 2.35 | 5.75 |
| School Distance from home (<1 km) | -.67 (.44) | .22 | .51 | 1.21 |
| Region (Toronto) | .28 (.71) | .33 | 1.32 | 5.34 |
| (Peel) | -.06 (.79) | .20 | .94 | 4.41 |
| (Durham, York, Halton) | -1.00 (.74) | .09 | .37 | 1.58 |
| Perceived AST Safety -Intercept | 2.30 (1.13)* | |||
| There are safe bike routes/paths around the school1 | -.09 (.08) | .78 | .92 | 1.07 |
| People drive safely enough in my neighborhood1 | -.18 (.09) | .70 | .84 | 1.00 |
| There are too many cars in the morning around my school1 | .01 (.09) | .84 | 1.01 | 1.21 |
| I worry about strangers/bullies approaching my child1 | .26 (.09)** | 1.08 | 1.30 | 1.56 |
| I Have discussed how to walk/bike safely with child1 | -.38 (.19)* | .47 | .69 | 1.00 |
| At what age did/would you allow your child to travel to school unsupervised? | .37 (.09)*** | 1.22 | 1.45 | 1.71 |
| Perceived AST advantages- Intercept | 1.66 (1.26) | |||
| Importance of child exercising on route to/from school1 | -.14 (.23) | .56 | .87 | 1.35 |
| Importance of child travelling to school in an environmentally friendly way1 | .04 (.19) | .71 | 1.04 | 1.52 |
| I chose to live in my area so my child could walk to school1 | -.11 (.11) | .73 | .90 | 1.12 |
| Convenience of current method of school travel2 | .01 (.09) | .84 | 1.01 | 1.21 |
| Escorted Drivers vs. Unescorted Walkers | ||||
| Demographics- Intercept | 10.88 (1.71)*** | |||
| Child’s Age | -.88 (.11)*** | .34 | .42 | .52 |
| Gender (male) | -.13 (.38) | .42 | .88 | 1.86 |
| Parents Income (>$60K) | .30 (.49) | .51 | 1.35 | 3.55 |
| Employment Status (full-time) | -.05 (.45) | .40 | .95 | 2.28 |
| # of cars/household | .69 (.35)* | 1.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 |
| # of driver licenses | .09 (.32) | .59 | 1.10 | 2.05 |
| Language Spoken in the Home (English) | -1.45 (.45)*** | .10 | .23 | .56 |
| Parental School Travel Mode as a Child (walking) | -.08 (.45) | .38 | .93 | 2.25 |
| School Distance from home (<1 km) | -2.24 (.45)*** | .04 | .11 | .26 |
| Region (Toronto) | -.56 (.75) | .13 | .57 | 2.47 |
| (Peel) | .26 (.80) | .27 | 1.30 | 6.15 |
| (Durham, York, Halton) | -.65 (.76) | .12 | .52 | 2.32 |
| Perceived AST Safety- Intercept | 2.14 (1.23) | |||
| There are safe bike routes/paths around the school1 | -.16 (.10) | .71 | .86 | 1.03 |
| People drive safely enough in my neighborhood1 | -.00 (.11) | .81 | 1.00 | 1.24 |
| There are too many cars in the morning around my school1 | .28 (.12)* | 1.04 | 1.31 | 1.67 |
| I worry about strangers/bullies approaching my child1 | .46 (.13)** | 1.22 | 1.58 | 2.05 |
| I Have discussed how to walk/bike safely with child1 | -1.02 (.19)*** | .25 | .36 | .52 |
| At what age did/would you allow your child to travel to school unsupervised? | .39 (.11)*** | 1.20 | 1.48 | 1.83 |
| Perceived AST advantages- Intercept | 5.94 (1.33)*** | |||
| Importance of child exercising on route to/from school1 | -.95 (.22)*** | .25 | .39 | .60 |
| Importance of child travelling to school in an environmentally friendly way1 | .18 (.22) | .79 | 1.20 | 1.86 |
| I chose to live in my area so my child could walk to school1 | -.42 (.11)*** | .53 | .66 | .82 |
| Convenience of current method of school travel2 | -.19 (.12) | .66 | .82 | 1.04 |
| Perceived methods to increase greater AST- Intercept | -3.01 (.87)*** | |||
| Appeal of walking to school with child3 | .37 (.18)* | 1.01 | 1.44 | 2.06 |
| Appeal of child walking to school with a supervised group, organized by the school.3 | .28 (.19) | .91 | 1.32 | 1.91 |
| List of nearby parents who would like their kids to walk to school together would be useful1 | -.078 (.15) | .69 | .93 | 1.24 |
| Likelihood of utilizing a service that provides you with matches to other parents in your area who may be able to walk with you and your child to/from school4 | -.01 (.13) | .77 | .99 | 1.27 |
| Likelihood of utilizing an organized walking school bus4 | .26 (.13)* | 1.00 | 1.30 | 1.68 |
1Scored on a 5-point scale with the anchors: 1 (strongly disagree), 2(somewhat disagree), 3 (neither agree/disagree), 4 (somewhat agree), 5(strongly agree).
2Scored on a 4-point scale with the anchors: 1 (Very inconvenient), 2(somewhat inconvenient), 3(somewhat convenient), 4(very convenient).
3Scored on a 4-point scale with the anchors: 1 (unappealing), 2(somewhat unappealing), 3(somewhat appealing), 4(Appealing).
4Scored on a 5-point scale with anchors: 1 (not at all likely), 5 (extremely likely).
Note: *p<.05, **p<.01, ***p<.001.
Mammen et al. BMC Public Health 2012 12:862 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-862
