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Table 1 Individual and household characteristics of the sample according to time spent walking and cycling to work

From: Correlates of time spent walking and cycling to and from work: baseline results from the commuting and health in Cambridge study

 

Percentage (number)

  

Time spent walking*

(n = 1128)

Time spent cycling*

(n = 1133)

 

All participants

(n = 1143)

% (number)

None

(n = 801)

Some

(n = 327)

None

(n = 538)

1-149 mins

(n = 276)

> 150 mins

(n = 319)

Individual characteristics

      

Gender (n = 1143)

      

Male

31.5 (360)

78.7 (286)

21.3 (77)

35.1(125)

29.2 (104)

35.7 (127)

Female

68.5 (783)

66.6 (536)

33.3 (250)

53.1 (413)

22.2 (172)

24.7 (192)

Age (n = 1143)

      

< 30

16.4 (188)

65.6 (122)

34.4 (64)

42.0 (78)

27.4 (51)

30.6 (57)

30-40

28.6 (327)

71.8 (231)

28.2 (91)

45.2 (147)

25.3 (82)

29.5 (96)

40-50

25.9 (297)

74.0 (216)

26.0 (76)

47.8 (141)

23.4 (69)

28.8 (85)

50-60

21.3 (244)

72.3 (176)

27.7 (67)

51.0 (124)

22.4 (54)

26.6 (64)

Over 60 years

7.6 (87)

65.8 (56)

34.1 (29)

56.5 (48)

23.5 (20)

20.0 (17)

Highest educational qualification (n = 1136)

      

Less than degree

28.1 (319)

69.5 (219)

30.5 (96)

61.8 (196)

18.4 (58)

19.8 (63)

Degree or higher

71.9 (817)

71.8 (579)

28.2 (227)

41.7 (338)

26.7 (216)

31.6 (255)

Weight status (n = 1125)

      

Normal or underweight

62.8 (707)

71.8 (503)

28.2 (197)

41.3 (289)

26.7 (186)

32.0 (223)

Overweight

27.6 (310)

68.3 (209)

31.7 (97)

52.3 (162)

23.5 (73)

24.2 (75)

Obese

9.6 (108)

72.1 (75)

27.9 (29)

72.0 (77)

12.2 (13)

15.8 (17)

Difficulty walking (n = 1141)

      

No

98.6 (1123)

70.9 (786)

29.1 (322)

47.2 (546)

24.3 (271)

28.5 (317)

Yes

1.5 (18)

76.5 (14)

23.5 (4)

62.5 (11)

31.2 (5)

6.3 (1)

Long term illness (n = 1159)

      

No

89.9 (1024)

71.9 (727)

28.1 (284)

45.7 (465)

24.7 (251)

29.6 (301)

Yes

10.1 (115)

62.5 (71)

37.5 (42)

70.0 (72)

22.5 (25)

13.5 (15)

Driving licence (n = 1142)

      

No

Yes

9.6 (110)

90.4 (1032)

46.4 (51)

73.6 (749)

53.6 (59)

26. 4(268)

55.5 (61)

46.6 (477)

21.8 (24)

24.7 (252)

22.7 (25)

28.7 (293)

Household characteristics

      

Number of children in the

      

household (n = 1142)

      

None

80.0 (913)

69.4 (627)

30.6 (276)

48.8 (442)

23.0 (208)

28.2 (255)

One or more

20.0 (229)

77.2 (173)

22.8 (51)

41.9 (95)

29.9 (68)

28.2 (64)

Home ownership (n = 1139)

      

Does not own home

27.2 (310)

65.8 (202)

34.2 (105)

40.9 (126)

27.9 (86)

31.2 (96)

Home owner

72.8 (829)

72.9 (596)

27.1 (221)

49.8 (409)

23.1 (189)

27.1 (223)

Number of cars in household (n = 1143)

      

None

14.7 (169)

58.3 (98)

41.7 (70)

36.4 (60)

29.7 (49)

33.9 (56)

One car or more cars

85.3 (974)

73.2 (364)

26.8 (142)

49.3 (477)

23.5 (227)

27.2 (263)

Distance to work from home (n = 1142)

      

0-3.0 km

12.4 (142)

52.5 (74)

47.5 (67)

35.2 (50)

50.7 (72)

14.1 (20)

3.1-5.0 km

26.5 (302)

79.2 (236)

20.8 (62)

17.5 (52)

40.3(120)

42.2 (126)

5.1-10.0 km

19.0 (216)

78.0 (167)

22.0 (47)

32.1 (68)

12.8 (27)

55.1 (117)

Over 10 km

42.1 (482)

69.8 (324)

30.2 (150)

74.0 (368)

11.9 (56)

14.1 (56)

Home location (n = 1142)

      

Urban

65.8 (752)

68.2 (514)

30.8 (229)

37.7 (281)

29.9 (222)

32.4(242)

Non-Urban

34.2 (390)

74.4 (286)

25.6 (98)

66.3 (257)

14.0(54)

19.7 (76)

  1. *Row percentages and number of participants within each category are given