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Table 2 Weekly frequency of usage of specific transport modes to/from school

From: Predictors of healthier and more sustainable school travel mode profiles among Hong Kong adolescents

 

Weekly frequency of usage

 

Transport mode

None [0 days]

Occasional [1–4 days]

Regular [5 days]

Average frequency per week

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

M (SD)

Walk to School

676 (52.0)

108 (8.3)

515 (39.6)

2.16 (2.39)

Walk from School

596 (45.9)

192 (14.8)

511 (39.3)

2.29 (2.35)

Cycle to School

1263 (97.2)

24 (1.8)

12 (0.9)

0.09 (0.57)

Cycle from School

1266 (97.5)

20 (1.5)

13 (1.0)

0.08 (0.57)

PT to School

609 (46.9)

191 (14.7)

499 (38.4)

2.25 (2.34)

PT from School

477 (36.7)

311 (23.9)

511 (39.3)

2.51 (2.26)

Taxi to School

1221 (94.0)

64 (4.9)

14 (1.1)

0.12 (0.69)

Taxi from School

1245 (95.8)

52 (4.0)

2 (0.2)

0.07 (0.38)

School Bus to School

1124 (86.5)

25 (1.9)

150 (11.5)

0.63 (1.63)

School Bus from School

1155 (88.9)

60 (4.6)

84 (6.5)

0.45 (1.34)

Car to School

1140 (87.8)

82 (6.3)

77 (5.9)

0.42 (1.63)

Car from School

1205 (92.8)

77 (5.9)

17 (1.3)

0.16 (0.71)

  1. Notes: PT Public transport, n (%) number (%) of adolescents using a specific mode of transport to/from school at a given frequency per week, M (SD) mean (standard deviation) weekly frequency of usage of a specific mode of transport to/from school in the whole sample (N = 1299)