Table 3.

Adjusted multivariate models of the association between built environmental characteristics and children’s walking and cycling behavior.

Built environmental characteristic	Range	B 95% CI
		Walking and cycling for transportation1	Walking for transportation1a	Cycling for transportation1b	Walking and cycling to school2	Walking to school2a	Cycling to school2b
Play facilities	2–12
Recreation facilities	0–11			1.66** 0.46, 2.86			0.41** 0.19, 0.63
Green space	2–3					−2.05** −3. 20, −0.91	0.52 −0.27, 1.30
Proportion green space to residents	5–40
Water	1–3	1.56 −2.71, 5.82
Traffic safety	0–6			0.08 −1.11, 1.27
Sidewalks	2–3	6.43* 1.32, 11.53		−2.14 −9.00, 4.71
Cycle-tracks	1–2		3.45 −0.21, 7.12		1.12* 0.18, 2.05
Pedestrian crossings	1–2			14.66** 5.96, 23.36		4.85** 1.65, 8.04	3.41** 1.49, 5.33
Traffic lights	1–2		−7.29** −10.71, −3.87	−1.385 −6.625, 3.855			−0.59 −1.61, 0.43
Traffic islands	1–2
Parallel parking spaces	1–3			6.52* 1.18, 11.86		2.29** 1.08, 3.51	1.46** 0.38, 2.55
Parking lots	1–3					2.35** 1.13, 3.56
Roundabouts	1–2		11.14** 6.35, 15.94			3.59** 1.80, 5.39
Intersections	1–3

B corresponds with the increase or decrease of the number of walking or cycling trips per week with an increase of one unit in the particular built environmental characteristics, independent of other characteristics in the model;

CI = confidence interval;

^*p < 0.05;

^**p < 0.01;

model 1: R² = 34.3%;

model 1a: R² = 29.9%;

model 1b: R² = 33.2%;

model 2: R² = 33.4%;

model 2a: R² = 30.0%;

model 2b: R² = 30.6%.