Table 1.
Road use pattern for boys and girls aged 5–14 years in Hyderabad.
| Variable | Boys (1460) N (%)a |
Girls (1349) N (%)a |
Total (2809) N (%)a |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age group (years) | |||
| 5–9 | 741 (50.8) | 684 (50.7) | 1425 (50.7) |
| 10–14 | 719 (49.2) | 665 (49.3) | 1384 (49.3) |
| Occupation | |||
| Student | 1334 (91.4) | 1261 (93.5) | 2595 (92.4) |
| Employed | 126 (8.6) | 88 (6.5) | 214 (7.6) |
| Average number of trips on road per day† | |||
| ≤5 | 161 (11) | 299 (22.2) | 460 (16.4) |
| 6–10 | 636 (43.6) | 617 (45.7) | 1253 (44.6) |
| 11–15 | 356 (24.4) | 231 (17.1) | 587 (20.9) |
| 16–20 | 202 (13.8) | 129 (9.6) | 331 (11.8) |
| >20 | 105 (7.2) | 73 (5.4) | 178 (6.3) |
| All road trips for the day were on foot† | 900 (61.7) | 926 (68.6) | 1826 (65.1) |
| Average time spent on road per day (h)† | |||
| ≤1.30 | 286 (19.6) | 458 (34) | 744 (26.5) |
| >1.30–3.00 | 849 (58.2) | 694 (51.4) | 1543 (54.9) |
| >3.00 | 325 (22.3) | 197 (14.6) | 522 (18.6) |
| Can ride a cycle† | 747 (51.2) | 298 (22.1) | 1045 (37.2) |
| Currently drives a motorised two-wheeled vehicle† | 76 (5.2) | 9 (0.7) | 85 (3) |
a
Percent of column total.
†
Chi-square test for difference between boys and girls: p < 0.001.