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. 2023 Aug 2;98:14. doi: 10.1186/s42506-023-00139-3

Table 1.

Summary of the studies included in the meta-analysis

Authors Year of publication Country Setting Sampling Driver Front seat passengers Rear seat passengers How often
Age Method Sex N Prevalence (95% CI) Prevalence (95% CI) Prevalence (95% CI)
Kim [14] 2003 Hawaii  ≥ 18 _ FM 3457 FM 77.5 (76.1–78.9) 78.2 (75.5–80.9) _ _
La [15] 2013 Vietnam Hanoi 31.9 (6.8) _ FM 1214 FM 50.7 (47.8–53.5) _ _ Always
FM 11.7 (10.0–13.7) _ _ Usually
FM 10.7 (9.10–12.6) _ _ Sometimes
Routley [16] 2009 China Nanjing _ Interview survey FM 234 FM 56.4 (49.8–62.9) _ _ Always/mostly
FM 20.5 (15.5–26.3) _ _ Sometimes
Roadside observation FM 9294 FM 31.7 (30.7–32.6) _ _ _
In-taxi observation FM 285 FM 20.4 (15.8–25.5) _ _ _
Mohammadi [17] 2011 Iran Kerman 18–24 _ FM 250 FM 18.0 (13.4–23.3) _ _ Always
FM 1.06 (11.6–21.1) _ _ Most of the time
FM 20.0 (15.2–25.50) _ _ Sometimes
M 179 M 10.6 (6.05–16.0) _ _ Always
M 15.6 (10.6–21.8) _ _ Most of the time
M 19.9 (14.0–26.1) _ _ Sometimes
F 71 F 36.6 (25.5–48.9) _ _ Always
F 16.90 (9.0–27.6) _ _ Most of the time
F 21.1 (12.3–32.4) _ _ Sometimes
Allena [18] 2019 Virginia  ≥ 65 Stratified sampling FM 751 FM 96.4 (94.8–97.6) _ _ Always
M 392 FM 2.10 (1.20–3.40) _ _ Nearly always
F 350 FM 0.50 (0.10–1.30) _ _ Sometimes
Pérez-Núñez [19] 2013 Mexico  ≥ 10 Randomly, observational FM 12,064 FM 45.0 (44.3–45.7) _ _ _
García-España [20] 2012 USA _ Randomly selected FM 3126 FM 81.5 (77.0–85.2) 68.9 (64.5–72.9) _ Often/always
Chen [21] 2015 USA 47.8 FM 1265 FM 86.1 (81.6–90.7) _ _ Often
M 1183 FM 7.80 (6.50–9.10) _ _ Sometimes
F 86 _ _ -
Bener [22] 2013 Qatar  ≥ 20 Multistage stratified cluster FM 1824 FM 17.6 (15.9–19.4) _ _ Always
FM 29.6 (27.5–31.8) _

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More than half of the trip
M 1362 M 17.3 (15.3–19.4) _ _ Always
M 28.7 (26.3–31.2) _ _ More than half of the trip
F 462 F 18.6 (15.1–22.4) _ _ Always
F 32.2 (28.0–36.7) _ _ More than half of the trip
Kritsotakis [23] 2019 Greece 18–20 Random sample FM 536 FM 72.1 (67.9–76.1) 72.1 (68.1–75.9) 19.7 (16.4–23.3) Very often, regularly
FM 15.4 (12.3–18.9) 20.6 (17.3–24.3) 23.3 (19.7–27.1) Occasionally
M 375 M 71.4 (66.4–76.1) _ _ Very often, regularly
M 17.8 (13.9–22.3) _ _ Occasionally
F 161 F 73.9 (65.7–81.0) _ _ Very often, regularly
F 9.40 (5.10–15.5) _ _ Occasionally
Mohammadi [24] 2015 Iran Sistan and Baluchistan _ _ FM 1427 FM 58.2 (55.7–61.0) 73.3 (60.3–83.9) _ _
M 1393 M 58.3 (55.6–60.9) 32.3 (26.9–38.2) _ _
F 11 F 72.7 (39.0–93.9) 62.3 (51.1–72.6) _ _
Popoola [25] 2013 Nigeria Makurdi _ Observational FM 500 FM 57.0 (52.4–61.4) 40.3 (37.4–43.2) 3.00 (1.90–4.50) _
M 1137 M 31.2 (28.5–34.0) _ _ _
F 637 F 22.6 (19.4–26.0) _ _ _
Sangowawa [26] 2010 Nigeria Ibadan _ Cluster sampling technique, observational FM 5757 FM 31.7 (30.0–33.4) 10.3 (8.60–11.6) 0.40 (0.10–0.90) _
M 2627 M 30.2 (28.5–32.0) _ _ _
F 3130 F 47.3 (40.9–53.8) _ _ _
Mohammadzadeh [27] 2015 Iran Kashan _ FM 822 FM 68.1 (64.8–71.3) 65.5 (58.2–72.3) 30.2 (20.2–41.8) _
Praveen [28] 2020 India Observational FM 3345 FM 51.3 (49.6–53.1) _ 5.90 (5.00–6.80) _
M 3121 M 50.1 (48.4–51.9) _ 6.20 (5.00–7.50) _
F 224 F 63.8 (57.1–70.1) _ 5.60 (4.40–7.10) _
Bener [29] 2008 Qatar 18–65 A multistage stratified cluster FM 1110 _ _
FM 35.4 (32.5–38.3) _ _ More than half of the trips
FM 19.4 (17.1–21.9) _ _ Always
M 847 M 34.3 (31.1–37.6) _ _ More than half of the trips
M 18.3 (15.7–21.0) _ _ Always
F 263 F 38.7 (32.844.9) _ _ More than half of the trips
F 23.1 (18.2–28.7) _ _ Always
Briggs [30] 2008 USA  ≥ 16 Stratified three-stage cluster FM 12,731 FM 59.0 (55.3–62.6) _ _ Always
M M 52.1 (48.4–55.8) _ _ Always
F F 66.7 (62.7–70.5) _ _ Always
Fernandez [31] 2006 USA Massachusetts  ≥ 18 Systematic sampling FM 381 FM 50.1 (45.0–55.2) _ _ _
M M 42.0 (34.9–49.4) _ _ _
F F 58.0 (51.3–65.8) _ _ _
Alomari [32] 2020 Jordan Amman, Irbid, Zarqa  ≥ 18 Observational FM 2098 FM 13.0 (11.3–13.7) 8.00 (6.00–9.20) _ _
M M 9.90 (8.80–11.0) 6.80 (5.00–8.90) _ _
F F 28.6 (24.5–33.1) 8.90 (6.20–12.2) _ _
Gebresenbet [33] 2019 Ethiopia Addis Ababa May—55 Systematic sampling FM 167 FM 59.2 (38.8–77.6) _ _ _
M 122 _ _ _
F 42 _ _ _
Raman [34] 2014 Kuwait  ≥ 18 _ FM 741 FM 41.5 (37.9–45.2) 30.4 (27.1–33.9) _ Always
M 415 FM 31.7 (28.3–35.2) 32.9 (29.5–36.4) _ Mostly/sometimes
F 325 _ _ _ _
Jermakian [35] 2018 USA  ≥ 18 _ FM 1163 FM _ _ 72.1 (70.1–75.3) Always
M _ M _ _ 67.7 (62.8–72.6)
F _ F _ _ 75.4 (71.679.2)
FM 1163 FM _ _ 16.2 (14.1–18.5) Part time
M M _ _ 17.4 (9.40–25.4)
F F _ _ 15.3 (8.20–22.4)
Koushki [36] 2006 Kuwait  ≥ 18 Random sample FM 1467 FM 36.6 (34.1–39.1) _ _ Always
FM 13.5 (11.8–15.3) _ _ Often
M 881 M 18.2 (15.7–20.9) _ _ Always
M 16.0 (13.6–18.6) _ _ Often
F 586 F 64.0 (60.1–68.0) _ _ Always
F 9.70 (7.40–12.4) _ _ Often
Wong [37] 2016 Asia Singapore, Malaysia, India, China  ≥ 18 _ FM 4576 FM 91.4 (90.3–92.4) 87.4 (85.0–89.6) 44.7 (41.2–48.2) _
Vaughn [38] 2012 USA _  ≥ 18 Multistage area probability FM 75,782 _ _ _
M M 97.2 (96.8–97.5) 96.85 (96.5–97.2) _ _
F F 98.4 (98.1–98.8) 98.3 (98.0–98.6) _ _
Taylor [39] 2019 USA _  ≥ 18 _ FM 5292 FM _ 68.0 (66.6–69.3) 63.0 (62.7–65.3) Full time
M 2465 M _ _ 64.0 (62.0–65.9) Full time
F 2796 F _ _ 62.9 (61.1–64.7) Full time
Tavafian [40] 2011 Iran Bandar Abbas Mean 31.6 ± 8.7 Convenience FM 251 FM 53.3 (47.0–59.6) _ _ Often
FM 32.6 (26.9–38.8) _ _ Sometimes
Siviroj [41] 2012 Thailand _ _ Quota sampling FM 13,722 FM 71.7 (70.9–72.4) _ _ _
M 10,603 M 70.2 (69.3–71.0) _ _ _
F 3095 F 76.7 (75.2–78.2) _ _ _
Densu [42] 2013 Ghana _ _ _ FM 9868 FM 33.4 (32.4–34.3) 10.1 (9.40–10.9) _ _
M 9421 M 32.3 (31.3–33.2) 10.5 (9.60–11.4) _ _
F 447 F 56.8 (52.0–61.4) 9.30 (7.90–10.8) _ _
Jawadi [43] 2017 Saudi Arabia _  ≥ 18 _ FM 695 FM 48.6 (44.8–52.4) _ _ _
M 345 _ _ _ _
F 350 _ _ _ _
Mahfoud [44] 2015 Qatar Doha Observational FM 2011 FM 72.7 (70.8–74.7) _ _ _
M 1885 M 72.5 (70.5–74.5) _ _ _
F 126 F 75.4 (66.9–82.6) _ _ _
Routley [45] 2008 China Nanjing and Zhoushan _ Observational FM 15,2128 FM 49.0 (47.2–50.0) 6.40 (6.00–6.70) 0.40 (0.30–0.50) _
M 76,591 M 48.6 (48.1–49.0) 5.60 (5.20–5.90) 0.30 (0.20–0.40) _
F 18,697 F 53.2 (51.8–54.5) 8.00 (7.40–8.60) 0.40 (0.20–0.50) _
Routley [46] 2007 China Nanjing _ Observational FM 31,700 FM 67.3 (66.6–68.0) 19.0 (18.00–19.8) 0.50 (0.30–0.70) _
M 24,672 M 67.0 (66.3–67.8) 17.7 (16.6–18.7) 0.60 (0.40–0.90) _
F 6678 F 68.9 (66.5–71.2) 21.2 (19.7–22.8) 0.50 (0.20–0.90) _
Xiao [47] 2017 China _  ≥ 18 Randomly sampled FM 98,254 FM 7.00 (6.00–8.00) _ _ Usually
FM 8.00 (6.00–10.0) _ _ Sometimes
M _ M 8.00 (6.00–10.0) _ _ Usually
M 9.00 (7.00–11.0) _ _ Sometimes
F _ F 1.00 (1.00–3.00) _ _ Usually
F 0.40 (0.01–1.80) _ _ Sometimes
Nabipour [48] 2014 Iran Tehran _ Observational FM 10,752 FM 70.9 (70.0–71.7) _ _ _
M 9941 M 70.8 (69.9–71.7) _ _ _
F 811 F 71.3 (68.0–74.3) _ _ _
Mohammadi [49] 2009 Iran Kerman _ Randomly, observational FM 800 FM 56.9 (52.6–59.6) _ _ _
Mohamed [50] 2011 Malaysia _ Mean 30 ± 9.7 _ FM 793 FM _ _ 22.7 (19.8–25.7) Always
FM _ _ 17.1 (14.5–19.9) Often
FM _ _ 28.5 (25.3–31.7) Sometimes
M 459 M _ _ 44.4 (39.4–49.4) _
F 324 F _ _ 46.3 (40.1–52.6) _
Reagan [51] 2013 USA _  ≥ 18 _ FM 134 FM 61.9 (53.1–70.1) _ _ Consistent
FM 20.9 (14.3–28.7) _ _ Occasional
M 73 M 60.2 (48.1–71.5) _ _ Consistent
M 19.1 (10.9–30.0) _

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Occasional
F 61 F 63.9 (50.6–75.8) _ _ Consistent
F 22.9 (13.1–35.5) _ _ Occasional
Martínez-Sánchez [52] 2014 Spain Barcelona  ≥ 18 Observation FM 2442 FM 89.5 (87.9–90.9) 95.4 (93.5–96.8) 67.6 (63.6–71.4) _
M M 97.6 (96.6–98.4) _ _ _
F F 98.6 (97.2–99.4) _ _ _
Abu-Zidan [53] 2012 UAE Al-Ain _ _ FM 783 FM 25.6 (21.6–30.0) 6.50 (3.40–11.2) 1.30 (0.01–4.80) _
Afukaar [54] 2010 Ghana Kumasi Metropolis _ Observational FM 11,827 FM 17.6 (16.9–18.2) 4.90 (4.40–5.30) _ _
M 11,334 M 16.4 (15.7–17.0) 4.70 (4.20–5.20) _ _
F 493 F 44.8 (40.1–49.1) 5.4.0 (4.50–6.30) _ _
Beck [55] 2009 USA _  ≥ 18 _ FM 347,280 FM 82.4 (82.1–82.7) _ _ Always
Briggs [56] 2006 USA Non-Hispanic white  ≥ 16 _ FM 67,637 FM 40.3 (39.9–40.8) 44.8 (43.9–45.7) _ _
Mexican American FM 43.7 (42.1–45.3) 43.8 (41.3–46.4) _ _
Central American/South American FM 48.2 (44.4–52.2) 46.8 (40.7–53.0) _ _
Puerto Rican FM 43.1 (34.2–52.5) 39.3 (33.9–44.9) _ _
Cuban FM 39.6 (34.3–45.1) 41.0 (32.0–50.5) _ _
Sadeghnejad [57] 2014 Iran Tehran Stratified multistage, randomly FM 11,483 FM 77.9 (76.9–78.8) 43.7 (42.1–45.2) _ _
M 9334 M 77.5 (76.5–78.4) 44.7 (42.6–46.7) _ _
F 2150 F 81.0 (77.9–83.6) 42.1 (39.5–44.7) _ _
Han [58] 2015 Nebraska _  ≥ 15 FM 10,479 FM 83.0 (82.3–83.8) _ _ _
M 4439 M 77.1 (75.8–78.3) _ _ _
F 6040 F 87.5 (86.6–88.3) _ _ _
Kim [59] 2009 USA _ Teenage Observational FM 14,026 FM 60.7 (59.9–61.4) 64.1 (61.6–66.6) _ _
M 7620 _ _ _ _
F 7837 _ _ _ _
Kim [60] 2019 Korea _ Mean 34.7 _ FM 419 FM 82.8 (76.7–87.9) 64.4 (54.6–73.5) 24.8 (17.5–33.3) _
M 247 _ _ _
F 172 _ _ _
Kwak [61] 2015 Korea _  ≥ 19 _ FM 23,698 FM 76.6 (75.9–77.3) 45.6 (44.6–46.6) _ _
M 12,527 _ _ _
F 11,171 _ _ _
Lardelli-Claret [62] 2009 Spain _  ≥ 18 _ FM 84,338 FM 90.4 (90.2–90.6) 88.8 (88.6–89.1) _ _
Molnar [63] 2012 USA _ _ _ FM 19,090 FM 66.1 (65.5–66.8) _ _ _
M 13,439 M 62.3 (61.4–63.1) _ _ _
F 5651 F 75.3 (74.2–76.5) _ _ _
Sabzevari [64] 2016 Iran Kashmar, Bardaskan, Khalilabad Observational FM 10,255 FM 51.8 (50.8–52.7) _ _ _
M 9798 M 51.4 (50.4–52.3) _ _ _
F 457 F 60.5 (55.9–65.1) _ _ _
Zambon [65] 2008 Italy Veneto region _ Multistage sample stratification FM 16,040 _ _ _ _
Observational 2003 M M _ _ 10.6 (9.1–12.1) _
F F _ _ 11.7 (10.4–13.0) _
_ _ _
Self-reported 2003 M M _ _ 13.5 (12.0–15.1) _
F F _ _ 17.5 (15.8–19.1) _
_ _ _
Observational 2005 M M _ _ 25.0 (23.0–27.0) _
F F _ _ 27.6 (25.7–29.4) _
_ _ _
Self-reported 2005 M M _ _ 35.8 (33.2–38.4) _
F F _ _ 38.8 (36.9–40.7) _
Dulf [66] 2020 Romania Cluj-Napoca _ Observational FM 768 FM 66.8 (63.3–70.1) _ _ _
M 469 _ _ _
F 299 _ _ _
Beck [67] 2019 USA _  ≥ 18 Probability-based sampling FM 4170 FM _ 86.1 (85.0–87.1) 61.6 (60.0–63.1) Always
M 2009 M _ 82.2 (80.5–83.9) 60.0 (57.7–62.3)
F 2161 F _ 89.6 (88.4–90.9) 62.9 (60.9–650)
Bhat [9] 2015 USA _  ≥ 18 _ FM 3953 FM _ 62.0 (60.4–63.5) Always
M 1804 M _ 60.0 (56.9–63.1)
F 2149 F _ 62.9 (60.1–65.8)
Boakye [68] 2019 USA East Tennessee _ A multistage area probability, observational FM 33,310 FM 92.0 (91.6–92.3) 85.4 (85.0–85.8) _ _
M 22,172 M 86.0 (85.5–86.5) 79.0 (78.2–79.7) _ _
F 11,138 F 86.0 (85.3–86.6) 89.0 (88.5–89.4) _ _
Crandon [69] 2006 Jamaica Kingston _ Observational FM 2846 FM 81.2 (79.5–82.7) 74.0 (70.7–77.1) _ _
M 2028 M 77.3 (75.2–79.2) 66.3 (60.8–71.3) _ _
F 1014 F 92.5 (90.0–94.4) 80.0 (75.7–83.6) _ _
Fong [70] 2016 Australia _  ≥ 75 Observational FM 367 FM 97.0 (94.7–98.4) _ _
Iribhogbe [71] 2008 Nigeria Benin Observational FM 1785 FM 52.3 (47.0–57.5) 18.4 (14.1–23.3) 6.10 (4.80–7.70) _
Kamal [72] 2015 Malaysia Selangor 18–39 Convenience sampling FM 408 FM 45.1 (40.2–50.0) _ _ Always
FM 27.9 (23.6–32.5) _ _ Most of the time
FM 20.5 (16.7–24.8) _ _ Sometimes
_ _
M 184 M 40.2 (33.0–47.6) _ _ Always
M 28.2 (21.8–35.3) _ _ Most of the time
M 26.0 (19.9–33.0) _ _ Sometimes
_ _
F 224 F 49.1 (42.3–55.8) _ _ Always
F 27.6 (21.9–34.0) _ _ Most of the time
F 16.0 (11.5–21.5) _ _ Sometimes
Febres [73] 2020 Spain _ _ _ FM 257,851 FM 74.4 (74.2–74.5) _ _ _
M 178,839 _ _
F 76,837 _ _
Ünal [74] 2020 Turkey Semi-rural Mean 16.0 ± 1.2 _ FM 1465 FM 77.1 (74.9–79.2) _ _ _
M 759 M 74.3 (71.0–77.3) _ _ _
F 706 F 80.1 (77.0–83.0) _ _ _
Shaaban1 [75] 2018 Qatar _ 18–25 FM 3049 FM 61.4 (59.4–63.3) 48.8 (44.5–53.2) _ _
M 1856 M 58.0 (55.6–60.4) 40.6 (33.6–47.8) _ _
F 1193 F 67.9 (64.7–71.0) 53.6 (48.2–59.0) _ _
Shaaban [76] 2020 Qatar Doha  ≥ 18 _ FM 7908 FM 83.6 (82.7–84.4) _ _ _
M 7180 M 83.3 (82.4–84.2) _ _ _
F 728 F 86.1 (83.4–88.5) _ _ _
Siddiqui [77] 2014 Pakistan Karachi _ convenience FM 212 FM 15.0 (10.5–20.6) _ _ Regularly
M 126 FM 34.4 (28.0–41.2) _ _ Occasionally
F 86 _ _
Li [78] 2018 China Shanghai _ Stratified, observational FM 77,641 FM 88.4 (88.1–88.6) _ _ _
M 61,561 _ _ _ _
F 61,088 _ _ _ _
Kulanthayan [79] 2004 Malaysia _ _ _ FM 273 FM 76.6 (68.6–83.4) 56.0 (41.2–70.0) _ _
Lerner [80] 2001 USA _ 13–93 _ FM 1656 FM 71.9 (69.7–74.1) _ _ _