Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of socio-demographic factors, active school travel and distance, stratified by schools
| Region & level | State | # Students |
Race/Ethnicity (%) |
Free/reduced lunch (%) |
Sample size* |
Active school travel/week |
Distance |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | AA† | Hispanic | Other | Response rate (%) | Surveys collected | # Months | Median (25th, 75th) | Mean (SD) | % | (% w/in 1 mile) | ||||
| CA-0 |
CA |
606 |
6.4 |
2.0 |
88.6 |
3.0 |
80.4 |
51-72 |
587 |
8 |
5 (0,10) |
5.0 (4.2) |
59.5 |
72.5 |
| CA-1 |
CA |
321 |
24.6 |
3.1 |
70.7 |
1.2 |
75.1 |
31-48 |
283 |
5 |
1 (0,10) |
3.7 (4.3) |
41.7 |
60.2 |
| CA-2 |
CA |
547 |
43.3 |
27.1 |
19.6 |
8.8 |
88.5 |
65-72 |
506 |
6 |
5 (0,10) |
4.8 (4.3) |
54.9 |
92.0 |
| CA-3 |
CA |
479 |
74.9 |
0.4 |
19.2 |
5.0 |
11.7 |
42-64 |
695 |
8 |
0 (0,6) |
2.8 (3.9) |
30.1 |
39.7 |
| NE-0 |
PA |
342 |
31.3 |
23.1 |
41.2 |
4.4 |
71.9 |
55-76 |
325 |
5 |
10 (5,10) |
7.1 (3.9) |
77.8 |
96.3 |
| NE-2 |
PA |
402 |
92.8 |
4.5 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
16.7 |
72-100 |
917 |
8 |
1 (0,5) |
2.9 (3.7) |
36.3 |
78 |
| NE-3 |
NJ |
531 |
94.2 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
4.5 |
0.0 |
43-56 |
697 |
7 |
5 (0,9) |
4.7 (4.1) |
54.8 |
91.9 |
| NW-0 |
AK |
461 |
59.4 |
0.9 |
3.0 |
36.7 |
28.0 |
33-45 |
502 |
6 |
0 (0,1) |
1.7 (3.2) |
19.5 |
39.9 |
| NW-1 |
AK |
340 |
54.1 |
0.3 |
3.5 |
40.9 |
28.3 |
19-59 |
359 |
8 |
1 (0,6) |
3.3 (4.0) |
40.9 |
72.9 |
| NW-2 |
MT |
473 |
90.5 |
0.4 |
2.1 |
7.0 |
29.0 |
51-91 |
591 |
7 |
1 (0,8) |
3.5 (4.1) |
39.6 |
51.5 |
| NW-3 |
AK |
583 |
16.8 |
14.2 |
9.1 |
59.9 |
75.5 |
15-56 |
547 |
8 |
0 (0,2) |
2.2 (3.8) |
23.9 |
72.2 |
| SC-0 |
CO |
374 |
60.7 |
3.2 |
19.5 |
16.6 |
52.7 |
13-29 |
201 |
6 |
1 (0,8) |
3.4 (4.1) |
39.3 |
58.8 |
| SC-1 |
TX |
573 |
44.7 |
38.6 |
15.2 |
1.6 |
42.8 |
38-71 |
619 |
8 |
5 (0,8) |
4.5 (3.9) |
58.2 |
74.7 |
| SC-2 |
CO |
427 |
81.0 |
3.3 |
11.7 |
4.0 |
22.7 |
13-57 |
249 |
8 |
0 (0,6) |
2.9 (4.1) |
34.1 |
65.9 |
| SC-3 |
TX |
347 |
67.9 |
8.6 |
18.4 |
5.1 |
9.4 |
70-84 |
571 |
8 |
0 (0,2) |
1.8 (3.3) |
20 |
40.9 |
| SE-3 |
FL |
850 |
45.8 |
53.0 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
69.9 |
35-72 |
433 |
8 |
0 (0,0) |
1.2 (2.9) |
12.5 |
47.6 |
| SE-0 |
FL |
371 |
51.9 |
32.4 |
12.7 |
3.1 |
52.7 |
69-94 |
1642 |
8 |
0 (0,0) |
1.3 (3.1) |
15.2 |
24.3 |
| SE-2 | NC | 349 | 73.3 | 11.9 | 10.0 | 4.9 | 55.3 | 74-91 | 1085 | 8 | 0 (0,10) | 3.1 (4.4) | 34 | 50.2 |
*Sample size for the main outcome (active school travel). The response rate is expressed with the range along the different measures (lowest –highest), surveys collected for each school (N total = 10,809 surveys) and number of the monthly measures (maximum 8 -from October until May). †Africa American.