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Table 2 Factors associated with bike and car use as mode of transport to school during 1994-2005

From: Trend in active transportation to school among Swiss school children and its associated factors: three cross-sectional surveys 1994, 2000 and 2005

  

Bike use

Car use

  

Model adjusted for socio-demographic factors

Model adjusted for socio-demographic +environmental factors

Model adjusted for socio-demographic factors

Model adjusted for socio-demographic +environmental factors

Factor

 

ORwt

(95% CIwt)

ORwt

(95% CIwt)

ORwt

(95% CIwt)

ORwt

(95% CIwt)

Survey year:

1994

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

2000

0.79

(0.61-1.03)

0.83

(0.63-1.09)

1.53

(1.13-2.07)

1.45

(1.06-1.99)

 

2005

0.75

(0.57-0.98)

0.81

(0.61-1.07)

1.40

(1.03-1.89)

1.30

(0.94-1.79)

Sex:

girls

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

Boys

1.19

(0.96-1.48)

1.17

(0.94-1.46)

0.95

(0.76-1.18)

0.96

(0.76-1.21)

Age:

6 to 9

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

10 to 12

4.54

(3.37-6.10)

4.26

(3.15-5.75)

0.58

(0.45-0.75)

0.51

(0.39-0.67)

 

13 to 14

9.67

(7.16-13.10)

9.84

(7.21-13.42)

0.56

(0.42-0.75)

0.33

(0.22-0.47)

Nationality:

non-Swiss

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

Swiss

1.16

(0.82-1.64)

1.06

(0.74-1.51)

1.22

(0.89-1.67)

1.12

(0.81-1.54)

Region:

non-urban

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

urban

0.69

(0.55-0.86)

0.70

(0.56-0.87)

1.09

(0.87-1.38)

1.18

(0.92-1.51)

Language:

German

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

French

0.18

(0.12-0.25)

0.19

(0.13-0.270)

2.51

(1.99-3.17)

2.18

(1.71-2.79)

 

Italian

0.42

(0.21-0.82)

0.45

(0.23-0.86)

3.42

(2.24-5.22)

3.20

(2.05-5.00)

Distance to school (Km):

 

-

0.93

(0.89-0.96)

-

1.16

(1.12-1.21)

Cars at home:

None or 1 car

-

1.0

-

1.0

 

2 or more cars

-

1.10

(0.87-1.39)

-

1.72

(1.35-2.18)

Bike availability:

always

-

1.0

-

1.0

 

not always

-

0.13

(0.07-0.23)

-

1.09

(0.77-1.53)