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Factors associated with children being driven to school: implications for walk to school programs.

In this study, we examined factors associated with children being driven to school. Participants were 1603 students (aged 9-11 years) and their parents from 24 public primary schools in inner western Sydney, Australia. Students recorded their modes of travel to and from school for 5 days in a studen...

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Published in:Health Education Research Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 325 - 335
Main Authors: Wen LM, Fry D, Rissel C, Dirkis H, Balafas A, Merom D
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Apr2008
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          Motor Vehicles Statistics and Numerical Data
          Schools Statistics and Numerical Data
          Walking Statistics and Numerical Data
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          Attitude
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          Cross Sectional Studies
          Cycling Statistics and Numerical Data
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          Male
          Middle Age
          Schools Administration
          Socioeconomic Factors
          Walking Psychosocial Factors
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      ab: In this study, we examined factors associated with children being driven to school. Participants were 1603 students (aged 9-11 years) and their parents from 24 public primary schools in inner western Sydney, Australia. Students recorded their modes of travel to and from school for 5 days in a student survey. Parents recorded their demographic data, their attitudes to travel, and their modes of travel to work, using a self-administered survey. An analysis of the two linked data sets found that 41% of students travelled by car to or from school for more than 5 trips per week. Almost a third (32%) of students walked all the way. Only 1% of students rode a bike and 22% used more than one mode of travel. Of those who were driven, 29% lived less than 1 km and a further 18% lived between 1 and 1.5 km from school. Factors associated with car travel (after adjusting for other potential confounders) were mode of parents' travel to work, parent attitudes, number of cars in the household, and distance from home to school. To be effective, walk to school programs need to address the link between parent journey to work and student journey to school.
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