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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of socio-demographic factors, active school travel and distance, stratified by schools

From: A cross-sectional study of demographic, environmental and parental barriers to active school travel among children in the United States

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

  1. *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.