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Citation

Hutchinson J, White PC, Graham H. Int. J. Public Health 2014; 59(6): 993-998.

Affiliation

Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK, jayne.hutchinson@york.ac.uk.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00038-014-0578-2

PMID

24965050

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To determine the social patterning of active travel of short journeys for urban and rural residents in a large UK representative sample.

METHODS: Associations between frequently walking or cycling short journeys and socio-demographic factors in the UK Household Longitudinal Study were determined using logistic regression.

RESULTS: Urban residents were 64 % more likely to frequently engage in active travel than rural residents (95 % CI 1.52, 1.77). Being younger, male, without full-time employment and having a lower income independently predicted greater active travel for both urban and rural residents. Degree level education and not having children were independent predictors for urban, but not rural residents.

CONCLUSIONS: Actively travelling short journeys is less common and independently associated with fewer socio-demographic factors in rural than in urban populations.


Language: en

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