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. 2018 Aug 29;15:82. doi: 10.1186/s12966-018-0715-z

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics

Indicators Measures All participants
(N = 110,027)
Mean(S.D.) % per category
Dependent variables
 Cycling duration (in minutes) ≥0 min per day 12.8 (32.6)
Individual and household variables
 Gender Male 48.3%
Female 51.7%
 Age 20–29 12.8%
30–39 16.0%
40–49 21.5%
50–59 20.8%
60–69 17.1%
70–79 9.1%
80–89 2.7%
 Household structure Single-person household 17.1%
Couple without children 36.8%
Couple with children 40.4%
Single parent with children 4.5%
 Net household income < €20,000 13.1%
€20,000–40,000 42.8%
>€40,000 44.2%
 Education Low 27.4%
Medium 37.6%
High 35.1%
 Ethnicity Dutch 94.4%
Non-Dutch 5.6%
Car ownership No car 10.8%
1 car 52.6%
2 or more cars 36.6%
Built environment variables
 Address density (1000 addresses per km2) 1.31 (1.54)
 Land use diversity 0.62 (0.21)
 Street density (km/km2) 16.30 (8.83)
 Number of bus stops 13 (10.58)
 Distance to train station (km) 6.79 (7.29)
Natural environment variables
 Green space (%) 61.59 (23.34)
 Water bodies (%) 4.18 (6.52)
 Daily max. Air temperature (°C) 14.6 (7.2)
 Daily precipitation sum (mm) 4.1 (1.96)
 Daily average wind speed (m/s) 2.01 (4.33)
Percentage of respondents in each municipality size Four largest cities 8.6%
Medium-sized cities 21.3%
Small urban areas 17.3%
Suburban/rural areas 52.7%