Table 3. Mode of travel to work by respondent characteristics.

Characteristics	Private Transport	Public Transport	Walking	Bicycling	Total n	χ2 p-Value
	n [%]	n [%]	n [%]	n [%]
Age (y)
<35	216 [21.6]	305 [30.5]	143 [14.3]	336 [33.6]	1,000	<0.001
35–55	968 [38.3]	436 [17.3]	276 [10.9]	847 [33.5]	2,527
55+	116 [30.9]	47 [12.5]	60 [16.0]	152 [40.5]	375
Sex
Female	1199 [35.2]	605 [17.8]	475 [14.0]	1,123 [33.0]	3,402	<0.001
Male	101 [20.2]	173 [36.6]	4 [0.8]	212 [42.4]	500
Occupation
Manual jobs	546 [23.3]	456 [19.5]	373 [15.9]	967 [41.3]	2,342	<0.001
Non-manual jobs	754 [48.3]	332 [21.3]	106 [6.8]	368 [23.6]	1,560
Caste/tribe status
Scheduled castes	176 [27.7]	125 [19.7]	99 [15.6]	236 [37.1]	636	<0.001
Scheduled tribes	38 [20.0]	25 [13.2]	42 [22.1]	85 [44.7]	190
Other backward class	358 [27.9]	296 [23.1]	199 [15.5]	430 [33.5]	1,283
General	728 [40.7]	341 [19.0]	138 [7.7]	584 [32.6]	1,791
Standard of living
Low	95 [6.9]	227 [16.5]	217 [15.8]	838 [60.9]	1,377	<0.001
Medium	561 [39.1]	375 [26.1]	169 [11.8]	330 [23.0]	1,435
High	644 [59.1]	186 [17.1]	93 [8.5]	167 [15.3]	1,090
Smoking status
Non smoker	1,097 [33.6]	721 [22.1]	394 [12.1]	1,053 [32.3]	3,265	<0.001
Current smoker	203 [31.9]	67 [10.5]	85 [13.3]	282 [44.3]	637
Current alcohol intake
No	968 [32.1]	670 [22.2]	326 [10.8]	1,055 [35.0]	3,019	<0.001
Yes	332 [37.6]	118 [13.4]	153 [17.3]	280 [31.7]	883
Dietary fat intake
Low	346 [26.6]	194 [14.9]	597 [45.9]	164 [12.6]	1,301	<0.001
Medium	484 [37.2]	254 [19.5]	401 [30.8]	162 [12.5]	1,301
High	470 [36.2]	340 [26.2]	337 [25.9]	153 [11.8]	1,300
Leisure time physical activity a
No	612 [30.2]	310 [15.3]	248 [12.3]	855 [42.2]	2,025	<0.001
Yes	688 [36.7]	478 [25.5]	231 [12.3]	480 [25.6]	1,877
Factory location
North India (Lucknow)	561 [45.6]	116 [9.4]	121 [9.8]	436 [35.3]	1,234	<0.001
Central India (Nagpur)	149 [18.6]	286 [35.7]	153 [19.1]	213 [26.6]	801
South Central India (Hyderabad)	364 [36.3]	111 [11.1]	185 [18.4]	344 [34.3]	1,004
South India (Bangalore)	226 [26.2]	275 [31.9]	20 [2.3]	342 [39.6]	863
TOTAL	1,300 [33.3]	788 [20.2]	479 [12.3]	1335 [34.2]	3,902

p-Values indicate whether sample characteristics differ significantly by mode of travel to work.

^aUndertaking any leisure time physical activity in the past month.

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001459.t003