The Contribution of Walking to School in Students’ Physical Activity and Its Effect on Being Overweight

Table 9

Logistic regression model and the definition of variables.

(a)

Variable	Coefficient	Standard error	Wald	value	Exponent
Grade	-.149	.019	60.773	.000	0.861
FMode	0.119	.050	5.625	.018	1.127
ModeSafe	-.209	.073	8.250	.004	1.233
ModeCost	0.110	.048	5.293	.021	.895

(b)

Variable	Description
Is overweight	0-no, 1-yes
Grade	Student grade: 1–12
FMode	Travel mode of student’s father in his own travels: 1-active, 2-inactive
ModeSafe	In selecting your child’s travel mode on school trips, how important is the travel safety to you? 1, unimportant; 2, little; 3, moderate; 4, much; and 5, very much
ModeCost	In selecting your child’s travel mode on school trips, how important is the travel cost to you? 1, unimportant; 2, little; 3, moderate; 4, much; and 5, very much