Proportions of students who use various modes of transportation to and from school in a representative population-based sample of children and adolescents, 1999
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Proportions of students who use various modes of transportation to and from school in a representative population-based sample of children and adolescents, 1999
Abstract
Objective: The purposes of this study were to describe the prevalence of modes of transportation to school and to identify socioeconomic correlates.
Methods: Proportions of students using different modes of transportation were estimated among a population-based sample of 3613 youth aged 9, 13, and 16 years who participated in the 1999 Quebec Child and Adolescent Health and Social Survey.
Results: Weighted analyses showed significant differences in the use of different modes of transportation to and from school across socioeconomic groups. For example, 40.3%, 15.2%, and 13.0% of 9, 13, and 16 year olds walked to school. In addition, 1.2%, 11.3%, and 13.8% of 9, 13, and 16 year olds used public transportation whereas 33.1%, 51.2%, and 55.6% of 9, 13, and 16 year olds took the school bus to school; 14.3%, 7.3%, and 5.0% of 9, 13, and 16 year olds were transported by car; finally, 10.7%, 14.1%, and 11.7% of 9, 13, and 16 year olds indicated they used multiple modes of transportation. Girls, higher income of children, children of immigrants, and rural-dwelling children were less likely to walk to school.
Conclusion: Findings indicate that there are differing modes of transportation to and from school across socioeconomic groups.
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