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Table 5 Multiple regression models for odds of engaging in < 149 minutes and ≥ 150 minutes of cycling to and from work, stratified according to car availability within the household

From: Correlates of time spent walking and cycling to and from work: baseline results from the commuting and health in Cambridge study

 

Model B1: Personal & psychological factors

Model B2: Personal & environmental factors

 

No car

Car

No car

Car

 

1-149 mins cycling OR(95% CI) p

> 150 mins cycling OR(95% CI) p

1-149 mins cycling OR(95% CI) p

> 150 mins cycling OR(95% CI) p

1- 149 mins cycling OR(95% CI) p

> 150 mins cycling OR(95% CI) p

1- 149 mins cycling OR(95% CI) p

> 150 mins cycling OR(95% CI) p

Personal factors

        

   Gender (ref = male)

        

   Female

0.67 (0.22-2.01) 0.486

0.58 (0.22-1.48)0.258

0.46 (0.27-0.78)0.004

0.41 (0.25-0.66)0.001

0.72 (0.24-2.14)0.566

0.54 (0.22-1.36)0.196

0.45 (0.26-0.76)0.003

0.41 (0.26-0.66) 0.001

   Highest educational qualification (ref = < degree)

        

   Degree or higher

1.25 (0.32-4.87) 0.741

1.46 (0.45-4.67)0.459

1.19 (0.71-2.00)0.500

1.70 (1.07-2.94)0.035

1.24 (0.31-4.81)0.755

1.18 (0.38-3.61)0.767

1.36 (0.80-2.32)0.247

1.94 (1.18-3.17) 0.008

   Weight status (ref = normal weight)

        

   Overweight

0.41 (0.09-1.85)0.248

0.68 (0.20-2.27)0.538

0.55 (0.32-0.95)0.034

0.54 (0.32-0.90)0.020

0.41 (0.09-1.83) 0.244

0.60 (0.18-1.94) 0.402

0.53 (0.30-0.92)0.024

0.54 (0.33-0.89) 0.017

   Obese

0.59 (0.04-7.28)0.681

2.23 (0.35-13.84)0.395

0.34 (0.14-0.83)0.018

0.38 (0.16-0.89)0.026

0.65 (0.05-7.86) 0.735

1.73 (0.28-10.4) 0.545

0.29 (0.11-0.71)0.007

0.30 (0.13-0.69) 0.005

Limiting illness (ref = no)

Yes

0.71 (0.14-3.59)0.681

0.48 (0.10-2.20)0.352

1.48 (0.68-3.23)0.314

0.51 (0.19-1.34)0.174

0.78 (0.15-4.10) 0.774

0.54 (0.12-2.34) 0.416

1.22 (0.55-2.69)0.620

0.38 (0.15-0.97) 0.045

School aged children (ref = none)

More than one

16.07(0.14-166.7) 0.02

7.20 (0.67-77.18)0.103

1.75 (1.07-2.85)0.023

1.21 (0.76-1.94)0.413

14.63 (1.47-145.7) 0.02

5.55 (0.12-56.4)0.147

2.06 (1.26-3.39)0.004

1.40 (0.89-2.21) 0.143

Car ownership (ref = no)

yes

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Distance (ref = < 5 km)

> 5 km

0.31 (0.07-1.32)0.114

1.39 (0.51-3.81)0.511

0.11 (0.06-0.19)0.001

0.33 (0.19-0.58)0.001

0.31 (0.07-1.31)0.114

1.33 (0.50-3.49) 0.558

0.09 (0.05-0.16)0.001

0.25 (0.15-0.42) 0.001

Psychological measures of car use

        

   Attitude (ref = low attitude)

        

   Mid attitude score

1.27 (0.28-5.73)0.754

4.58 (1.38-15.21) 0.013

0.61 (0.31-1.19)0.151

0.91 (0.49-1.66)0.763

    

   High attitude score

0.48 (0.10-2.18)0.348

0.56 (0.16-1.96)0.372

0.24 (0.12-0.44)0.001

0.14 (0.08-0.26)0.001

    

Perceptions of the route environment a

        

   There are convenient routes for cycling

    

2.14 (0.71-6.45) 0.173

1.91 (0.77-4.76)0.160

5.37 (3.20-9.02)0.001

3.51 (2.26-5.47) 0.001

  1. CI, Confidence Intervals; p, p value; n.i, not included in the model; a the reference category is strongly disagree, disagree or neither disagree nor agree