TABLE 1—
Parents’ Perceptions of Their Child's Transport to and From School: California, 2008–2010
| Sample, No. (%) | |
| Child asked parent permission to walk or bike | |
| Yes | 27 924 (47.18) |
| No | 31 265 (52.82) |
| School's position on active commuting | |
| Strongly encourages | 7500 (12.56) |
| Encourages | 19 002 (31.82) |
| Neither encourages nor discourages | 30 853 (51.67) |
| Discourages | 1455 (2.44) |
| Strongly discourages | 902 (1.51) |
| Data missing | 3 366 |
| Active commuting is fun/boring for your child | |
| Very fun | 10 814 (18.82) |
| Fun | 21 245 (36.97) |
| Neutral | 22 266 (38.75) |
| Boring | 2022 (3.52) |
| Very boring | 1120 (1.95) |
| Data missing | 5611 |
| Active commuting is healthy/unhealthy for your child | |
| Very healthy | 28 515 (48.73) |
| Healthy | 22 351 (38.20) |
| Neutral | 6987 (11.94) |
| Unhealthy | 331 (0.57) |
| Very unhealthy | 330 (0.56) |
| Data missing | 4564 |
| Safety concerns affecting decision to allow your child to commutea | |
| Safety of intersections and crossings | 27 202 (43) |
| Speed of traffic along route | 22 646 (36) |
| Amount of traffic along route | 21 852 (35) |
| Violence or crime | 21 661 (34) |
| Sidewalks or pathways | 12 615 (20) |
| Crossing guards | 10 645 (17) |
| Adults to bike/walk with | 10 187 (16) |
| Convenience concerns affecting decision to allow your child to commutea | |
| Distance | 25 678 (41) |
| Weather or climate | 17 363 (28) |
| Time | 14 471 (23) |
| Child's before-school/after-school activities | 9126 (14) |
| Convenience of driving | 6919 (11) |
| Grade level you would allow child to commute without an adult | |
| Prekindergarten | 3 (0.00) |
| Kindergarten | 234 (0.39) |
| Grade 1 | 508 (0.85) |
| Grade 2 | 1137 (1.89) |
| Grade 3 | 3686 (6.14) |
| Grade 4 | 5967 (9.94) |
| Grade 5 | 6575 (10.96) |
| Grade 6 | 7518 (12.53) |
| Grade 7 | 4459 (7.43) |
| Grade 8 | 2801 (4.67) |
| Grade 9 | 1139 (1.90) |
| Grade 10 | 264 (0.44) |
| Grade 11 | 271 (0.45) |
| Grade 12 | 70 (0.12) |
| Uncomfortable at any grade | 25 332 (42.21) |
| Unknown | 44 (0.07) |
| Data missing | 3070 |
a
Multiple responses were allowed, and thus percentages do not sum to 100%.