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Table 4 Environmental, social and individual variables associated with girls cycling to/from school ≥ 1 trip/week in logistic regression models.

From: On your bike! a cross-sectional study of the individual, social and environmental correlates of cycling to school

 

Model 1

(Objective environment)

Model 2

(Model 1 + perceptions of environment)

Model 3

(Model 2 + social factors)

Model 4

(Model 3 + individual factors)

Variables

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Neighborhood is safe enough for children to cycle to school with friends‡a

  

2.21

1.16-4.24**

1.72

0.89-3.32

1.73

0.89-3.38

My child would have to cross a busy road‡b

  

0.32

0.19-0.56***

0.37

0.23-0.61***

0.44

0.25-0.76**

I would have to cross a busy roada

  

0.42

0.23-0.78**

0.55

0.30-1.01

0.59

0.30-1.15

Driving child to school is more convenient‡b

    

0.44

0.23-0.83**

0.40

0.20-0.82**

Perceives child's preference is to cycle‡c

    

10.18

5.30-19.55***

7.69

3.77-15.66***

Confident in child's ability to cycle without adult‡a

    

3.63

1.93-6.82***

4.03

2.02-8.05***

Adult home after school on most daysc

      

0.41

0.20-0.83**

Cycling is child's preferencec

      

3.73

2.26-6.17***

Confident in ability to cycle to school without adulta

      

2.13

1.29-3.52**

  1. OR = odds ratio, CI = confidence interval, *p ≤ 0.05 **p ≤ 0.01 ***p ≤ 0.001,Parent perception
  2. Reference categories: aStrongly disagree/disagree/neither, bDisagree/not applicable, cYes vs. No
  3. All models have been adjusted for school clustering, school grade and maternal education