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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: The role of the natural and built environment in cycling duration in the Netherlands

Indicators

Measures

All participants

(N = 110,027)

Mean(S.D.)

% per category

Dependent variables

 Cycling duration (in minutes)

≥0 min per day

12.8 (32.6)

 

Individual and household variables

 Gender

Male

 

48.3%

Female

 

51.7%

 Age

20–29

 

12.8%

30–39

 

16.0%

40–49

 

21.5%

50–59

 

20.8%

60–69

 

17.1%

70–79

 

9.1%

80–89

 

2.7%

 Household structure

Single-person household

 

17.1%

Couple without children

 

36.8%

Couple with children

 

40.4%

Single parent with children

 

4.5%

 Net household income

< €20,000

 

13.1%

€20,000–40,000

 

42.8%

>€40,000

 

44.2%

 Education

Low

 

27.4%

Medium

 

37.6%

High

 

35.1%

 Ethnicity

Dutch

 

94.4%

Non-Dutch

 

5.6%

Car ownership

No car

 

10.8%

1 car

 

52.6%

2 or more cars

 

36.6%

Built environment variables

 Address density (1000 addresses per km2)

 

1.31 (1.54)

 

 Land use diversity

 

0.62 (0.21)

 

 Street density (km/km2)

 

16.30 (8.83)

 

 Number of bus stops

 

13 (10.58)

 

 Distance to train station (km)

 

6.79 (7.29)

 

Natural environment variables

 Green space (%)

 

61.59 (23.34)

 

 Water bodies (%)

 

4.18 (6.52)

 

 Daily max. Air temperature (°C)

 

14.6 (7.2)

 

 Daily precipitation sum (mm)

 

4.1 (1.96)

 

 Daily average wind speed (m/s)

 

2.01 (4.33)

 

Percentage of respondents in each municipality size

Four largest cities

 

8.6%

Medium-sized cities

 

21.3%

Small urban areas

 

17.3%

Suburban/rural areas

 

52.7%