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. 2021 Jul 8;23:101479. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101479

Table 2.

Bicycling participation (transportation, recreation) and household composition (number and ages of children) of men and women in the analytic sample, 2007–2011 (Waves 1–3).

Men
Women
2007

2009

2011

2007

2009

2011

n % n % n % n % n % n %
Overalla 3338 3126 2760 4420 4189 3674
Transportation bicyclingb
 Not bicycling 3108 93.1 2878 92.1 2562 92.1 4332 98.0 4050 96.7 3599 98.0
 Bicycling 225 6.7 198 6.3 189 6.3 78 1.8 79 1.9 63 1.7
Recreation bicyclingb
 Not bicycling 2367 70.9 2145 68.6 2048 74.2 3654 82.7 3439 82.1 3164 86.1
 Bicycling 940 28.2 901 28.8 671 24.3 722 16.3 632 15.1 447 12.2
Number of children < 18 yearsb
 None 2072 62.1 2043 65.4 1574 57.0 2952 66.8 2994 71.5 2167 59.0
 One 434 13.0 389 12.4 302 10.9 608 13.8 535 12.8 412 11.2
 Two+ 816 24.4 648 20.7 499 18.1 828 18.7 600 14.3 442 12.0
Children 0–5 yearsc
 None 864 69.1 778 75.0 626 78.2 1191 83.0 977 86.1 746 87.4
 One or more 386 30.9 259 25.0 175 21.8 245 17.0 158 13.9 108 12.6
Children 6–12 yearsc
 None 605 48.4 520 50.1 389 48.6 692 48.2 609 53.7 487 57.0
 One or more 645 51.6 517 49.9 412 51.4 744 51.8 526 46.3 367 43.0
Children 13–17 yearsc
 None 585 46.8 436 42.0 327 40.9 527 36.7 377 33.2 252 29.5
 One or more 665 53.2 601 58.0 474 59.2 909 63.3 758 66.8 602 70.5
a

Overall represents the number of participants who participated in the wave.

b

Not all participants responded to this item at all waves. Percentage of missing data for bicycling varied between 0 and 3%. For number of children, percentage of missing data varied between 0 and 1% in 2007 and 2009, increasing to 14 and 18% in 2011.

c

Variables representing children’s ages were created only for participants who reported one or more children aged under 18 years at home.