Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of trip takers (n = 1,902; before imputation for missing data)
| Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Cycling frequency | ||
| Rarea (<12 trips per year) | 1,138 | 59.8 |
| Frequent (at least 1 trip per month) | 618 | 32.5 |
| Regular (at least 1 trip per week) | 146 | 7.7 |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 925 | 48.6 |
| Female | 977 | 51.4 |
| Age (4 missing) | ||
| 19–24 | 119 | 6.3 |
| 25–34 | 296 | 15.6 |
| 35–44 | 613 | 32.3 |
| 45–54 | 495 | 26.1 |
| 55–64 | 262 | 13.8 |
| 65 and older | 113 | 6.0 |
| Education (22 missing) | ||
| Some high school or less | 34 | 1.8 |
| Graduated high school | 240 | 12.8 |
| Vocational/college/technical | 532 | 28.3 |
| Some university | 160 | 8.5 |
| Graduated university | 914 | 48.6 |
| Household income (383 missing) | ||
| <$30,000 | 146 | 9.6 |
| $30,000–$59,999 | 350 | 23.0 |
| $60,000–$89,999 | 400 | 26.3 |
| >$90,000 | 623 | 41.0 |
| Employment status (7 missing) | ||
| Working | 1,504 | 79.4 |
| Student | 66 | 3.5 |
| Retired | 170 | 9.0 |
| Unemployed/homemaker/other | 155 | 8.2 |
| Mean number of people in household | 3.08 | |
| Has children in household | 961 | 50.5 |
| Access to car | 1,831 | 96.3 |
| Mean number of bikes in household | 2.98 | |
| Home residence | ||
| City of Vancouver | 494 | 26.0 |
| Rest of Metro Vancouver region | 1,408 | 74.0 |
aThis group comprises both the occasional and potential cyclists from reference 9