From: Environmental determinants of active travel in youth: A review and framework for future research
Associations with active travel behaviour | |||||||||
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Sample Age | Youth | Children | Adolescents | ||||||
Direction of Association | Negative | None | Positive | Negative | None | Positive | Negative | None | Positive |
Characteristics of the neighbourhood | |||||||||
Provision of facilities | [35] | [33, 34] | [25]F | [32, 34]M [36]F | [25]M [34]F | ||||
Personal safety | [35] | [33, 34, 40] | [38, 39] | [25, 36]F | |||||
Road safety | [34] M | [34]F | [33, 34, 40] | [36]F | [25] | ||||
Social interactions | [29] | [36]F | [25, 40, 41] | ||||||
Facilities to assist active travel | [35, 42, 43] | [32, 36] | |||||||
Urban form and street design | [29] | [45] | [32, 35] | [45] | |||||
Aesthetics | [35] | [36] | |||||||
Characteristics of the destination and surroundings | |||||||||
Destination characteristics | |||||||||
School size | [42] | [47] | |||||||
Characteristics of surroundings | |||||||||
Urban-rural status | [48] | [30] | |||||||
Facilities assist active travel | [38] | ||||||||
Urban form | [38] | ||||||||
Visibility | [38] | ||||||||
Characteristics of the route | |||||||||
Length | [52] | [40, 49] | [51, 53] | ||||||
Road safety | [54] | [38, 40, 50] | |||||||
Urban form & topography | [40] | [40] | [40] | [51] | [51] |