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Table 3 Motivators for men and women to cycle, of total sample, transport-only cyclists, and recreation-only cyclists a

From: Gender differences in recreational and transport cycling: a cross-sectional mixed-methods comparison of cycling patterns, motivators, and constraints

Motivators

Respondents who cycled within the last year (n = 1849) b

Respondents who only cycled for transport in the last week (n = 292) b

Respondents who only cycled for recreation in the last week (n = 783) b

 

Men

Women

Gender differences

Men

Women

Gender differences

Men

Women

Gender differences

 

%

%

OR

95%CI

%

%

OR

95%CI

%

%

OR

95%CI

Improving / maintaining fitness

98.6

97.6

0.73

0.37-1.45

98.1

98.9

2.99

0.32-10.39

100

100

**c

** c

Fun and enjoyment

88.6

91.2

1.54

1.05-2.25

70.6

79.9

1.87

0.83-4.19

95.0

95.0

1.12

0.47-2.68

Relaxation / stress reduction

87.4

83.6

0.90

0.65-1.23

78.1

79.2

1.72

0.78-3.83

92.2

88.3

0.71

0.40-1.27

Building physical activity into my busy lifestyle

85.4

90.0

1.86

1.32-2.63

89.5

91.7

0.99

0.35-2.80

86.0

91.0

2.06

1.20-3.54

To get outside in the fresh air

78.8

88.6

2.26

1.64-3.12

66.1

80.7

2.86

1.29-6.34

86.7

92.7

1.82

1.00-3.03

It is a challenge

70.0

71.1

1.10

0.86-1.42

43.3

50.8

1.33

0.71-2.50

78.7

82.9

1.50

0.93-2.42

It is a low impact activity

68.4

64.1

0.90

0.71-1.15

60.8

50.3

0.66

0.36-1.20

73.1

65.3

0.72

0.48-1.08

Time out to myself

65.5

67.6

1.22

0.96-1.57

49.0

59.5

1.80

0.91-3.57

72.0

69.0

0.93

0.62-1.39

Other health reasons

59.4

62.0

1.28

1.01-1.62

54.2

63.6

1.56

0.82-2.95

63.3

63.7

1.14

0.77-1.67

It is something active I can do with other people

57.8

68.9

1.53

1.20-1.96

21.4

26.6

1.14

0.57-2.29

70.7

82.9

1.71

1.09-2.69

It is a convenient form of transportd

57.6

64.2

1.32

1.03-1.70

90.5

93.7

1.29

0.38-4.33

    

Concerns about the environmentd

53.5

71.7

2.02

1.58-2.59

70.0

84.4

1.98

0.93-4.20

    

Confidence in my cycling ability

51.2

62.6

1.64

1.29-2.09

45.8

45.7

1.03

0.54-1.98

55.7

66.9

1.64

1.11-2.43

It is a cheap form of transportd

46.5

63.8

1.88

1.47-2.40

82.9

94.6

3.16

1.30-7.66

    

Seeing other people cycling

38.8

50.5

1.48

1.17-1.87

30.2

41.6

1.66

0.85-3.23

44.7

54.5

1.22

0.85-1.76

Participating in a cycling event or program like Ride to Work Day

38.5

47.7

1.47

1.16-1.86

22.4

25.6

1.15

0.58-2.27

40.7

52.2

1.63

1.12-2.36

Encouragement from family, friends or work colleagues

22.8

36.7

1.73

1.34-2.23

19.4

28.2

1.27

0.64-2.51

23.3

36.5

1.66

1.13-2.45

Encouragement from supervisors or employerd

10.0

18.0

1.73

1.25-2.40

10.2

18.9

2.54

1.10-5.84

    
  1. a All statistics account for clustering within household and adjust for age, education, employment status, household, number of cars in household, SEIFA, residential location, BMI, and years cycled as an adult, b Male is the referent category, c Not computed due to lack of variability between genders in responses, d Statistics not computed for recreational cycling as these were hypothesized to pertain only to transport cycling, Bold: p < 0.05.