Development of methods to objectively identify time spent using active and motorised modes of travel to work: how do self-reported measures compare?

Table 1 Participants included for each research question

	RQ1	RQ2	RQ3
	n = 42*	n = 26*	n = 102*
Sex (%)
Male	45	42	42
Female	55	58	58
Mean age in years (SD)	46.2 (11.1)	45.4 (12.1)	45.1 (10.9)
BMI classification (%)
Underweight/normal weight	52.4	60.0	61.6
Overweight	35.7	28.0	30.3
Obese	11.9	12.0	6.1
Education (%)
Degree or equivalent	85.7	84.1	83.5
Less than degree	14.3	25.9	16.5
Occupation (%)
Sedentary	76.2	72.7	77.2
Standing/manual/heavy manual work	23.8	27.3	22.8
Home ownership (%)
Owner	71.4	80.0	81.4
Other	28.6	20.0	18.6
Home location (%)
Urban (settlement size >10,000 inhabitants)	50.0	59.1	56.9
Town and fringe	28.6	17.1	20.6
Village and hamlet	21.4	23.8	22.5
Long standing illness (%)
Yes	7.1	4.5	2.9
No	92.9	95.5	97.1

RQ: Research Question. Some small categories have been combined. For example, few participants were classified as underweight, and these were therefore grouped with those of normal weight.
*In RQ1 participants are not the unit of analysis, whereas for RQ2 and RQ3 participants are the units of analysis.

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