Table 2.
Proportions of students reporting passive commuting to school among children in China from 1997 to 2006 *
| Age (yrs) | Total
|
Urban
|
Rural
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 (n=2454) | 2000 (n=1978) | 2004 (n=1549) | 2006 (n=1236) | 1997 (n=741) | 2000 (n=583) | 2004 (n=463) | 2006 (n=373) | 1997 (n=1713) | 2000 (n=1395) | 2004 (n=1086) | 2006 (n=863) | |
| Boys | ||||||||||||
| 6–12 | 1.5§ | 4.3 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 1.2§ | 8.5 | 11.6 | 12.4 | 1.6§ | 3.0 | 11.1 | 11.5 |
| 13–18 | 7.9§ | 4.4 | 12.8 | 16.9 | 7.1§ | 4.3 | 22.5 | 28.1 | 8.2 | 4.5 | 7.3 | 10.4 |
| Girls | ||||||||||||
| 6–12 | 1.7§ | 2.8 | 12.5 | 12.7 | 1.8§ | 6.4 | 21.3 | 22.6 | 1.7§ | 1.5 | 8.9 | 8.5 |
| 13–18 | 7.0§ | 6.1 | 10.8 | 17.2 | 7.7§ | 11.4 | 19.8 | 25.6 | 6.7§ | 2.9 | 6.3 | 12.5 |
| All | ||||||||||||
| 6–12 | 1.6§ | 3.6 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 1.5§ | 7.5 | 17.1 | 17.9 | 1.6§ | 2.3 | 10.1 | 10.2 |
| 13–18 | 7.5§ | 5.2 | 11.9 | 17.1 | 7.4§ | 7.9 | 21.3 | 26.9 | 7.5 | 3.8 | 6.8 | 11.4 |
*
Passive commuters were those who dominantly used motorised transport to school.
§
Mantel-Haenszel test for trend across this group was significant (P < 0.05).