Research Article

Individual, Social, and Environmental Correlates of Active Transportation Patterns in French Women

Table 1

Characteristics of the study population (N = 23,432 women).

Variables% or meanSD

Sociodemographics
 Age (mean, years)42.6(11.5)
 Living with a partner (%)69.9
 Living with a child under the age of 13 (%)30.9
 Individual education level (%)
 High38.8
 Middle-high 34.0
 Middle-low 17.9
 Low 9.4
 Professional status (%)
 Farmer0.4
 Craftsperson, company head1.8
 Executive (liberal profession, engineer)32.1
 Intermediate profession (technician, teacher, and supervisor)28.1
 Employee30.0
 Laborer worker1.4
 Other6.2
 Living in a urban setting (%)89.7
Physical activity and sedentary behavior by context
 Leisure
  Leisure time spent active (h/week)2.7(3.9)
  Leisure time spent sedentary (h/week)33.8(21.9)
  Total leisure time (h/week)36.5(22.2)
 Transportation
  Time spent walking/cycling for transportation (h/week)2.2(4.4)
  Time spent sedentary for transportation (h/week)2.0(3.5)
  Total transportation time (h/week)4.2(5.9)
 Work
  Time spent sedentary at work (h/week)21.9(15.1)
 Total active time (h/week)5.1(6.2)
 Total sedentary time (h/week)57.5(28.4)

SD: standard deviation.