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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 28.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2011 Jul;43(7):10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182078532. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182078532

Table 3.

Logistic regression models showing odds of active commuting for males and females (model 1, individual and psychological factors; model 2, individual factors and distance; model 3, individual and environmental factors)

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Psychological predictors Distance Environmental predictors
Males Females Males Females Males Females
Individual factors
Age 0.96 (0.91-1.01)ns 1.00 (0.96-1.04)ns 0.91 (0.87-0.96)ns 0.97 (0.94-0.97)ns 0.97 (0.93-1.01ns) 0.99 (0.95-1.03)ns
BMI 0.92 (0.83-1.01)ns 1.00 (0.95-1.05)ns 0.83 (0.77-0.91)ns 0.93 (0.89-0.97)** 0.86 (0.79-0.93)** 0.95 (0.91-0.99)*
Social class (professional = reference) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Skilled 1.33 (0.74-2.3)ns 1.61 (1.04-2.49)* 1.24 (0.74-2.08)ns 1.47 (0.95-2.26)ns 1.06 (0.65-1.74)ns 1.54 (1.01-2.35)*
 Partly skilled/unskilled 0.59 (0.25-1.41)ns 1.98 (1.12-3.52)* 0.42 (0.19-0.92)* 1.84 (1.05-3.23)* 0.49 (0.22-1.11)ns 2.09 (1.22-3.58)**

Psychological factors
Habit 6.75(4.46-
10.22)**
4.65 (3.54-6.12)**
PBC 1.72 (0.99-2.99)ns 1.25 (0.90-1.74)ns
Intention 0.85 (0.63-1.16)ns 0.96 (0.74-1.23)ns
Instrumental attitude 0.67 (0.36-1.27)ns 0.72 (0.44-1.18)ns
Affective attitude 0.94 (0.62-1.41)ns 0.80 (0.56-1.14)ns
Subjective norm 0.83 (0.58-1.19)ns 1.18 (0.94-1.49)ns

Distance
Route length (<1.5km = reference) 1.00 1.00
1.5km-4km 0.24 (0.13-0.45)** 0.19 (0.12-0.28)**
4-10km 0.03 (0.01-0.06)** 0.01 (0.01-0.03)**

Environmental factors
Perceived neighbourhood environment
 Terraced housing density 1.03 (0.70-1.51)ns 1.38 (1.03-1.86)*
 Apartment density 1.25 (0.79-1.98)ns 1.18 (0.81-1.73)ns
 Land use mix diversity 1.28 (0.79-2.05)ns 1.83 (1.25-2.70)**
 Access to services 1.40 (0.90-2.16)ns 1.17 (0.83-1.65)ns
 Street connectivity - 1.09 (0.78-1.52)ns
 Walking and cycling facilities 0.93 (0.62-1.37)ns 0.84 (0.61-1.14)ns
 Safety from crime 1.46 (0.87-2.47)ns -
Objective neighbourhood environment
 Urban rural status (urban = reference) 1.00 1.00
  Town and fringe 1.00 (0.51-1.98)ns 1.33 (0.78-2.24)ns
  Village 0.89 (0.29-2.70)ns 1.26 (0.60-2.67)ns
 Road density 1.06 (0.94-1.19)ns 1.10 (1.00-1.21)*
 Density of employment locations
 (low = reference) 1.07 (0.60-1.94)ns 1.52 (0.95-2.45)ns
 Land use mix score (low = reference) 1.15 (0.68-1.98)ns 1.18 (0.77-1.80)ns
 Deprivation score 1.00 (0.97-1.04)ns 0.98 (0.95-1.01)ns
 Park in the neighbourhood 1.36 (0.88-2.44)ns 1.35 (0.90-2.03)ns
Objective route environment g
 Route length ratio 1.29 (0.83-2.01)ns 1.46 (1.10-1.94)**
 Main or secondary road on route
 (no = reference)
0.22 (0.13-0.45)** 0.18 (0.11-0.28)**
 Density of road traffic accidents 1.05 (0.98-1.21)ns -
 Land use mix score (low = reference) - 0.64 (0.42-0.98)*

Nagelkerke R2 0.53 0.42 0.40 0.42 0.28 0.30

- not included in multivariable analysis

*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.01, ns not significant.

Within each model all factors were included simultaneously and therefore al the factors are adjusted for each other. All analyses adjusted for age, BMI, social class. Non-active commuting is used as the reference category.