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. 2013 Apr;104:158–169. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.11.001

Table B.1.

Individual and environmental predictors of total transport CO2 emissions, car CO2 allocated to driver only (N = 3474).

Variable Level Median Regression coefficients (βs) and 95% CI for standardised log-transformed carbon
Min-adjusteda
Multivariable 1
Multivariable 2
Multivariable 3
R2 = 0.22 R2 = 0.29 R2 = 0.37
Sex Female 14.3 0⁎⁎⁎ 0⁎⁎⁎ 0⁎⁎⁎ 0⁎⁎⁎
Male 24.2 0.25 (0.17, 0.34) 0.22 (0.14, 0.31) 0.18 (0.10, 0.26) 0.21 (0.14, 0.28)



Age 18–34 years 12.9 0⁎⁎⁎ 0⁎⁎⁎ 0⁎⁎⁎ 0⁎⁎⁎
35–49 years 26.8 0.42 (0.30, 0.53) 0.16 (0.04, 0.28) 0.14 (0.03, 0.25) 0.13 (0.03, 0.24)
50–64 years 22.5 0.32 (0.21, 0.43) 0.22 (0.09, 0.34) 0.25 (0.12, 0.37) 0.23 (0.11, 0.35)
>65 years 11.9 −0.18 (−0.30, −0.06) 0.02 (−0.15, 0.19) 0.05 (−0.12, 0.22) 0.06 (−0.11, 0.22)



Ethnicity White 18.0 0 0 0 0
Non-White 16.5 −0.10 (−0.32, 0.12) 0.06 (−0.16, 0.28) 0.10 (−0.11, 0.31) 0.14 (−0.05, 0.33)



Any child under 16 No 16.2 0 0 0 0
Yes 24.6 0.15 (0.04, 0.27) 0.08 (−0.03, 0.19) 0.09 (−0.01, 0.20) 0.04 (−0.06, 0.14)



Education Degree 24.6 0⁎⁎⁎ 0⁎⁎⁎ 0⁎⁎⁎ 0⁎⁎⁎
A-level 17.8 −0.34 (−0.47, −0.22) −0.15 (−0.28, −0.03) −0.14 (−0.26, −0.02) −0.12 (−0.23, −0.01)
GCSE 16.7 −0.37 (−0.50, −0.25) −0.23 (−0.35, −0.11) −0.23 (−0.34, −0.12) −0.14 (−0.24, −0.04)
No formal 10.5 −0.58 (−0.69, −0.47) −0.33 (−0.45, −0.22) −0.31 (−0.42, −0.20) −0.23 (−0.34, −0.12)



Annual household income >£40,000 31.4 0⁎⁎⁎ 0⁎⁎ 0 0
£20–40,000 21.7 −0.22 (−0.33, −0.11) −0.10 (−0.21, 0.02) −0.03 (−0.14, 0.07) −0.02 (−0.12, 0.09)
<£20,000 9.5 −0.64 (−0.75, −0.53) −0.26 (−0.38, −0.14) −0.18 (−0.29, −0.06) −0.11 (−0.22, 0.00)



Housing tenure Owned 21.9 0⁎⁎⁎ 0⁎⁎⁎ 0⁎⁎⁎ 0
Privately rented 7.8 −0.51 (−0.65, −0.36) −0.33 (−0.47, −0.18) −0.17 (−0.32, −0.03) −0.07 (−0.20, 0.06)
Council rented 3.4 −0.82 (−0.97, −0.68) −0.44 (−0.60, −0.29) −0.35 (−0.51, −0.20) −0.07 (−0.24, 0.09)
Other 14.3 −0.10 (−0.35, 0.16) 0.05 (−0.17, 0.26) 0.05 (−0.16, 0.27) 0.13 (−0.06, 0.33)



Employment status Full-time 30.5 0⁎⁎⁎ 0⁎⁎⁎ 0⁎⁎⁎ 0⁎⁎⁎
Part-time 21.5 −0.18 (−0.28, −0.08) −0.14 (−0.24, −0.04) −0.07 (−0.17, 0.03) −0.07 (−0.16, 0.02)
Student 2.6 −0.83 (−1.03, −0.63) −0.67 (−0.88, −0.46) −0.62 (−0.82, −0.42) −0.45 (−0.64, −0.26)
Retired 12.5 −0.47 (−0.61, −0.33) −0.37 (−0.50, −0.24) −0.13 (−0.29, 0.03) −0.14 (−0.30, 0.02)
Home duties 12.3 −0.53 (−0.73, −0.32) −0.43 (−0.62, −0.23) −0.27 (−0.48, −0.06) −0.20 (−0.39, 0.00)
Other 3.4 −1.00 (−1.18, −0.82) −0.67 (−0.88, −0.47) −0.46 (−0.67, −0.25) −0.36 (−0.56, −0.15)



Site Southampton 10.7 0⁎⁎⁎ 0 0
Cardiff 18.9 0.22 (0.12, 0.32) 0.01 (−0.11, 0.13) 0.02 (−0.10, 0.13)
Kenilworth 23.5 0.40 (0.29, 0.50) 0.10 (−0.02, 0.23) 0.11 (−0.01, 0.23)



Urban/rural status Urban 17.1 0⁎⁎⁎ 0 0
Rural 33.3 0.42 (0.27, 0.58) 0.18 (0.00, 0.37) 0.14 (−0.03, 0.32)



Population density Change per 10 people per hectare −0.05 (−0.06, −0.03)⁎⁎⁎ −0.02 (−0.03, 0.00) −0.01 (−0.02, 0.00)



Home-work distance 0–2 km/no comm. 9.6 −0.18 (−0.31, −0.05) −0.04 (−0.18, 0.09) −0.05 (−0.18, 0.08)
2–5 km 13.1 0⁎⁎⁎ 0⁎⁎⁎ 0⁎⁎⁎
5–10 km 25.7 0.39 (0.22, 0.55) 0.26 (0.09, 0.42) 0.20 (0.05, 0.35)
10–20 km 36.7 0.74 (0.59, 0.89) 0.56 (0.42, 0.69) 0.45 (0.33, 0.58)
⩾20 km or variable 65.2 0.83 (0.68, 0.98) 0.71 (0.57, 0.85) 0.61 (0.47, 0.75)



Home-retail distance Change per kilometer 0.07 (0.05, 0.09)⁎⁎⁎ −0.01 (−0.03, 0.02) −0.02 (−0.04, 0.01)



Cars per adult in household No cars 1.5 −0.79 (−0.91, −0.67) −0.60 (−0.73, −0.47)
<1 Car per adult 13.5 0⁎⁎⁎ 0⁎⁎⁎
⩾1 Cars per adult 28.5 0.57 (0.49, 0.65) 0.39 (0.32, 0.47)



Any adult bike No 14.9 0 0⁎⁎
Yes 20.8 0.01 (−0.08, 0.10) −0.11 (−0.19, −0.03)

p < 0.05.

⁎⁎

p < 0.01.

⁎⁎⁎

p < 0.001.

a

Minimally-adjusted analyses adjust for age and sex only, multivariable analyses adjust for all variables in column. Outcome is standardised log-transformed CO2 (no unit due to transformation to log([CO2/mean(CO2)] + 0.01)).