Table 1. General characterization, comparison of sociodemographic characteristics and form of transportation of schoolchildren according to the experimental group and the control group. Sergipe, Brazil, 2014*.
| Group | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| EG (n=90) | CG (n=83) | ||
| Age* | 9.6±1.2 | 9.8±1.2 | 0.290 |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 46 (51.7) | 43 (53.4) | 0.921 |
| Female | 43 (48.3) | 39 (47.6) | |
| School grade | |||
| 3rd | 33 (36.7) | 26 (31.3) | 0.747 |
| 4th | 29 (32.2) | 30 (36.1) | |
| 5th | 28 (31.1) | 27 (32.5) | |
| Time of classes | |||
| Morning | 62 (68.9) | 83 (100) | <0.001 |
| Afternoon | 28 (31.1) | 0 (0) | |
| Existence of some form of transportation in the household | |||
| Yes | 77 (86.5) | 71 (86.6) | 0.990 |
| Form of transportation present in the household | |||
| Car | 6 (7.6) | 15 (20) | 0.248 |
| Motorcycle | 22 (27.8) | 13 (17.3) | |
| Bicycle | 8 (10.1) | 11 (14.7) | |
| Car and motorcycle | 4 (5.1) | 2 (2.7) | |
| Car and bicycle | 8 (10.1) | 8 (10.7) | |
| Motorcycle and bicycle | 15 (19) | 11 (14.7) | |
| Car, motorcycle and bicycle | 16 (20.3) | 15 (20) | |
| Rides a bicycle | |||
| Yes | 75 (83.3) | 69 (84.1) | 0.885 |
| Form of commuting to school | |||
| On foot | 31 (35.2) | 24 (29.3) | 0.759 |
| On foot accompanied by an adult | 18 (20.5) | 20 (24.4) | |
| Using some form of transportation | 38 (43.2) | 36 (43.9) | |
| Other | 1 (1.1) | 2 (2.4) | |
| Has ever participates in an educational activity on traffic accidents? | |||
| Yes | 86 (95.6) | 73 (89) | 0.106 |
| No | 4 (4.4) | 9 (11) | |
*Unanswered/ignored items were suppressed from the analysis; EG: experimental group; CG control group. Note: values expressed as mean and standard deviation.