Prevalence of active commuting at urban and suburban elementary schools in Columbia, SC.
We directly observed the prevalence of walking and bicycling (active commuting) to 8 randomly selected urban and suburban elementary schools. When school was used as the unit of analysis, only 5.0% of the students actively commuted to or from school across all observed trips. Active commuting was not affected (P >/=; 18) by school urbanization level, school socioeconomic status, time of day, day of week, weather conditions, or temperature. These results indicate a need for school- and community-based interventions.
Sirard
John R
JR
Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Hoover Pavilion, Room N229, 211 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA 94305-5705, USA. jsirard@stanford.edu
Ainsworth
Barbara E
BE
McIver
Kerri L
KL
Pate
Russell R
RR
D001642:Bicycling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D019370:Observation; D015995:Prevalence; D012574:Schools; D013022:South Carolina; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014186:Transportation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016138:Walking / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*