Research Article
A Combined Impact-Process Evaluation of a Program Promoting Active Transport to School: Understanding the Factors That Shaped Program Effectiveness
Table 4
Predictor variables for active transport to school, parent-reported baseline data.
|
Variable | Student use of active transport |
| No active transport
(no trips)
(%) | Active transport
(1–10 trips)
(%) |
| | School location | | | | | Regional | 112 (40.3) | 166 (59.7) | 0.050 | | Metropolitan | 40 (30.3) | 92 (69.7) | | Child gender | | | | | Male | 70 (37.0) | 119 (63.0) | 0.952 | | Female | 81 (37.3) | 136 (62.7) | | Child grade | | | | | Grade 4 | 59 (48.8) | 62 (51.2) | 0.007 | | Grade 5 | 44 (32.6) | 91 (67.4) | | Grade 6 | 48 (32.0) | 102 (68.0) | | Distance to school | | | | | Less than 0.5 km | 3 (4.7) | 61 (95.3) | | | 0.5–1 km | 7 (8.5) | 75 (91.5) | | | 1.1–2 km | 30 (29.1) | 73 (70.9) | 0.000 | | 2.1–4 km | 33 (47.1) | 37 (52.9) | | 4.1–10 km | 47 (82.5) | 10 (17.5) | | | More than 10 km | 27 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | | | Number of children in household | | | | | One | 20 (32.3) | 42 (67.7) | | | Two | 68 (34.7) | 128 (65.3) | 0.405 | | Three | 47 (43.1) | 62 (56.9) | | Four or more | 17 (39.5) | 26 (60.5) | | | Number of cars per adult in household** | | | | | None | 0 (0.0) | 11 (100.0) | 0.001 | | One | 130 (36.0) | 231 (64.0) | | Two | 22 (59.5) | 15 (40.5) | | Parent’s country of birth | | | | | Australia | 130 (37.6) | 216 (62.4) | 0.521 | | Overseas | 21 (33.3) | 42 (66.7) | | Parent education | | | | | No qualification since secondary school | 58 (40.0) | 87 (60.0) | 0.364 | | Vocational qualification or higher | 90 (35.4) | 164 (64.6) | | Parent employment | | | | | Both parents work full-time | 43 (39.8) | 65 (60.2) | 0.492 | | At least one parent works part-time or is not employed | 109 (36.1) | 258 (62.9) | | How often parent cycles | | | | | Once per month or less | 126 (39.4) | 194 (60.6) | 0.069 | | At least once per week | 26 (28.9) | 64 (71.1) | | How often spouse/partner cycles | | | | | No spouse or partner/once per month or less | 133 (40.3) | 197 (59.7) | 0.011 | | At least once per week | 19 (24.7) | 58 (75.3) | | Walking to or from school on a regular basis is a possibility for child | | | | | No | 100 (83.3) | 20 (16.7) | 0.000 | | Yes/maybe | 51 (17.7) | 237 (82.3) | | Cycling to or from school on a regular basis is a possibility for child | | | | | No | 89 (64.0) | 50 (36.0) | 0.000 | | Yes/maybe | 61 (23.1) | 203 (76.9) |
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Number of students.
**0.5 cars were rounded up to one.
Bold: .
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