Table 3.
Number of home-based cycling trips and their distances by trip purpose, socio-demographic attributes and regions of residence.
| N (%) | Distance of Travel (km) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Median (P20, P80) | p-Value | ||
| Trip purpose | <0.001 | |||
| Utilitarian | 1124 (33%) | 3.1 (3.9) | 1.8 (1.0, 4.0) | |
| Commute | 1221 (35%) | 7.0 (5.8) | 5.3 (2.8, 10.2) | |
| Recreation | 1082 (31%) | 5.8 (6.8) | 3.7 (1.4, 9.0) | |
| Other | 19 (1%) | 5.9 (4.5) | 5.1 (2.1, 9.6) | |
| Gender | <0.001 | |||
| Men | 2300 (67%) | 6.0 (6.3) | 3.9 (1.5, 9.2) | |
| Women | 1146 (33%) | 4.1 (4.7) | 2.6 (1.2, 6.2) | |
| Age group | <0.001 | |||
| Younger (20–39) | 1386 (40%) | 4.9 (5.1) | 3.4 (1.4, 7.6) | |
| Middle aged (40–59) | 1434 (42%) | 5.8 (6.2) | 3.8 (1.4, 9.0) | |
| Older (60–74) | 626 (18%) | 5.2 (6.6) | 3.0 (1.1, 7.4) | |
| Employment status | <0.001 | |||
| Working | 2771 (80%) | 5.6 (5.9) | 3.7 (1.4, 8.7) | |
| Not working | 675 (20%) | 4.3 (5.6) | 2.6 (1.1, 5.7) | |
| Geographic region | 0.007 | |||
| Metropolitan | 2987 (87%) | 5.4 (5.6) | 3.5 (1.4, 8.4) | |
| Regional | 459 (13%) | 5.2 (7.1) | 2.9 (1.2, 7.0) | |
| State | <0.001 | |||
| Victoria | 2283 (66%) | 5.6 (5.8) | 3.7 (1.4, 8.7) | |
| Queensland | 1163 (34%) | 4.9 (5.8) | 3.0 (1.2, 7.2) | |
| Total | 3446 (100%) | 5.3 (5.9) | 3.5 (1.3, 8.2) | — |
Note: Nonparametric tests (Wilcoxon signed-rank test when there are two groups within the category and Kruskal–Wallis test when there are three groups within the category) were used to assess the statistical significance of differences in the median cycling distances at different levels of each explanatory variable.