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Table 4 Sex, age, and season difference in minutes/day spent in active travel by travel destination for those destinations where the mean active travel time was >1 min/day

From: Objectively measured active transportation to school and other destinations among 10–13 year olds

Characteristic

Travel destination

All destinationsh,i,j

Participant’s own homeh,i,j

Other people’s homesh

School to start school dayh,i

Total (n = 388)

10.3 (7.4, 14.5)

3.1 (2.1, 4.5)

1.0 (0.7, 1.5)

2.1 (1.5, 3.0)

Sex

 Boys (n = 197)

12.1 (8.8, 17.0)

3.7 (2.6, 5.4)

1.2 (0.8, 1.7)

2.2 (1.6, 3.1)

 Girls (n = 191)

8.5 (6.1, 12.0)a

2.4 (1.6, 3.5)a

0.8 (0.6, 1.3)

1.9 (1.3, 2.7)

Age

 10 (n = 94)

7.7 (5.5, 11.1)

2.2 (1.5, 3.4)

0.7 (0.5, 1.1)

2.0 (1.4, 2.7)

 11 (n = 97)

9.7 (6.9, 13.7)

2.8 (2.0, 4.1)

1.1 (0.7, 1.5)

1.7 (1.2, 2.4)

 12 (n = 101)

9.6 (7.0, 13.4)

3.1 (2.2, 4.5)

1.0 (0.7, 1.6)

2.0 (1.4, 2.9)

 13 (n = 96)

14.3 (10.3, 19.9)b,c,d

4.0 (2.8, 5.8)b,c

1.2 (0.8, 1.7)

2.5 (1.8, 3.6)

Season

 Winter (n = 101)

6.4 (4.7, 8.9)

2.1 (1.4, 3.1)

0.4 (0.3, 0.6)

1.6 (1.1, 2.2)

 Spring (n = 99)

12.6 (9.2, 17.3)e

3.6 (2.6, 5.2)e

1.2 (0.8, 1.7)e

2.3 (1.6, 3.4)

 Summer (n = 90)

12.2 (8.7, 17.2)e

3.0 (2.1, 4.4)e

1.5 (1.0, 2.1)e

1.5 (1.0, 2.1)

 Fall (n = 98)

10.4 (7.3, 15.1)e

3.5 (2.4, 5.1)e

1.0 (0.7, 1.4)

2.7 (2.0, 3.9)g

  1. aSignificantly different from boys (p < 0.05)
  2. bSignificantly different from 10 year olds (p < 0.05)
  3. cSignificantly different from 11 year olds (p < 0.05)
  4. dSignificantly different from 12 year olds (p < 0.05
  5. eSignificantly different from winter (p < 0.05)
  6. fSignificantly different from spring (p < 0.05)
  7. gSignificantly different from summer (p < 0.05)
  8. hAdjusted for sex, age, season
  9. iAdjusted for number of siblings
  10. jAdjusted for single or dual parent household