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. 2015 Apr 17;12(4):4256–4274. doi: 10.3390/ijerph120404256

Table 3.

Logistic regression for Active Commuting (yes/no) (n = 748).

Variable Association with AC
OR 95% CI p
Individual variables
Age 0.94 0.89–0.98 0.008
Number of children 0.49 0.28–0.88 0.02
Sex
Male (referent) 1
Female 0.68 0.28–1.63 0.43
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White (referent) 1
Non-Hispanic Black 3.61 0.40–32.84 0.25
Other racial/ethnic group 2.23 0.38–12.94 0.37
Income level
<$30 K/year (referent) 1
$30–60 K/year 0.55 0.05–6.53 0.64
>$60 K/year 3.14 0.22–45.08 0.4
Marital status
Not married 3.63 1.12–11.74 0.03
Married (referent) 1
Number of cars in the household 1.28 0.68–2.40 0.44
Self-efficacy for bicycling skills 1.11 0.68–1.81 0.67
AC behavioral beliefs score 1.02 0.98–1.06 0.35
Perceived behavioral control for AC 1.25 1.15–1.36 <0.001
Public transit use
NPTR (referrent) 1
PTR 12.29 3.59–42.10 <0.001
Interpersonal variables
Spouse AC (times/week) 1.53 1.19–1.96 0.001
Perceived coworker AC 1.45 0.81–2.60 0.21
Worksite variables
Perceived employer support for AC 1.28 0.90–1.84 0.17
Community variables
Perceived pedestrian friendliness for AC 1.17 0.83–1.64 0.37
Perceived bike time to work
More than 20 min (referent) 1
Less than 20 min 7.23 2.59–20.17 <0.001
Environment variables
Lack of on street bike lanes 1.86 1.08–3.21 0.02
Lack of sidewalks 0.65 0.40–1.08 0.1
Speed and volume of traffic along route 0.59 0.37–0.95 0.03
Perceived crime along route 1.1 0.71–1.70 0.66
Difficult terrain 1.16 0.77–1.74 0.48
Bad weather 1.86 1.28–2.70 0.001

Note: OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval, AC: active commuting, PTR: public transit rider, NPTR: Non public transit rider.