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. 2012 Dec 13;19(4):232–237. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040601

Table 3.

Odds of unsafe pedestrian behaviour by distraction, gender and age (n=1102)

OR 95% CI p Value
Not looking left and right:
Distraction
 Handheld phone 0.97 0.56 to 1.82 0.91
 Hands-free phone 0.94 0.37 to 2.44 0.91
 Text messaging 4.00 2.04 to 7.84 0.00
 Listening to music 1.69 1.06 to 2.66 0.03
 Other 2.86 1.19 to 6.98 0.02
 In a group, talking 1.69 1.08 to 2.59 0.02
 Female gender 1.69 1.27 to 2.20 0.00
Age group
 <18 years 1.23 0.52 to 2.94 0.64
 18–24 years
 25–44 years 1.30 0.90 to 1.86 0.16
 45–64 years 0.93 0.61 to 1.43 0.76
 65+ years 0.94 0.48 to 1.88 0.87
Not crossing at crosswalk:
Distraction
 Handheld phone 0.33 0.04 to 2.48 0.28
 Hands-free phone 1.11 0.14 to 9.12 0.91
 Text messaging 1.47 0.53 to 4.01 0.46
 Listening to music 1.75 0.79 to 3.94 0.16
 Other 1.43 0.31 to 6.62 0.65
 In a group, talking* - - -
 Gender 0.71 0.38 to 1.34 0.29
Age group
 <18 years 1.11 0.22 to 5.70 0.90
 18–24 years
 25–44 years 0.48 0.24 to 0.96 0.39
 45–64 years 0.40 0.15 to 1.07 0.07
 65+ years 0.33 0.04 to 2.66 0.30
Not obeying the lights:
Distraction
 Handheld phone 1.18 0.54 to 2.53 0.70
 Hands-free phone 0.90 0.20 to 4.10 0.90
 Text messaging 0.92 0.44 to 1.90 0.80
 Listening to music 1.33 0.76 to 2.36 0.32
 Other 1.06 0.38 to 2.97 0.90
 In a group, talking 0.76 0.39 to 1.52 0.45
 Female gender 0.72 0.49 to 1.06 0.10
Looking both ways 2.78 1.84 to 4.22 0.00
Age group:
 <18 years 2.78 1.11 to 7.10 0.03
 18–24 years Ref.
 25–44 years 0.72 0.44 to 1.17 0.19
 45–64 years. 0.72 0.39 to 1.34 0.30
 65+ years 0.34 0.10 to 1.22 0.10

Data in bold are significant to p<0.05. For gender-specific data, males were the gender reference group.

*Too few subjects in this category to calculate an OR.