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Table 1 Characteristics of participants by socio-demographic, physical activity and environmental variables

From: Assessing the impact of road traffic on cycling for leisure and cycling to work

 

Men (n = 6134)

Women (n = 7793)

 

Occasions of leisure cycling

Occasions of commuter cycling

Occasions of leisure cycling

Occasions of commuter cycling

 

None

Any

None

Any

None

Any

None

Any

Percentage of Subjects

80.1

19.9

96.2

3.8

85.1

14.9

95.7

4.3

Age

        

41-50 years of age

63.9

36.1*

91.4

8.6*

70.1

29.9*

91.5

8.5*

51- 60 years of age

73.0

27.0

93.4

6.6

80.4

19.6

93.2

6.8

61-70 years of age

82.7

17.3

97.6

2.4

893.

10.7

97.9

2.1

71-80 years of age

91.6

8.4

99.5

0.5

95.5

4.5

99.4

0.6

Social status

        

Professional

75.4

24.6*

95.0

5.0*

82.8

17.2*

95.2

4.8*

Managerial & Tech.

80.0

20.0

97.7

2.3

84.0

16.0

97.0

3.0

Skilled non-manual

80.6

19.4

97.1

2.9

88.9

11.1

97.3

2.7

Skilled manual

80.1

19.9

95.1

4.9

83.9

16.1

94.9

5.1

Partly skilled

82.2

17.8

93.3

6.7

85.5

14.5

92.4

7.6

Unskilled

85.1

14.9

94.2

5.8

84.2

15.8

91.0

9.0

Educational qualifications

        

Degree or higher

76.1

23.9*

95.9

4.1

80.4

19.6*

95.3

4.7

Any qualifications

78.9

21.1

96.4

3.6

83.3

16.7

96.3

3.7

No qualifications

85.0

15.0

95.7

4.3

88.2

11.8

95.5

4.5

Car ownership

        

Yes

80.7

19.3*

97.3

2.7*

85.0

15.0

97.0

3.0*

No

75.7

24.3

88.2

11.8

85.2

14.8

91.0

9.0

Townsend index

        

Quintile 1 (most affluent)

80.2

19.8

97.8

2.2*

86.2

13.8*

96.9

3.1*

Quintile 2

79.3

20.7

96.3

3.7

86.4

13.6

97.1

2.9

Quintile 3

78.6

21.4

96.4

3.6

82.2

17.8

95.7

4.3

Quintile 4

80.5

19.5

96.3

3.7

83.9

16.1

95.9

4.1

Quintile 5 (most deprived)

81.9

18.1

93.9

6.1

86.5

13.5

93.1

6.9

Self-reported health

        

With condition

82.3

17.7*

97.4

2.6*

86.8

13.2*

96.1

3.9

Without condition

78.4

21.6

95.2

4.8

83.0

17.0

95.4

4.6

  1. * Signifies significant trend across variable categories at P < .05.