TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence and patterns of active commuting according to socio-demographic factors in the Chilean population
AU - Waddell, Heather
AU - Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Fernando
AU - Garrido-Mendez, Alex
AU - Diaz-Martinez, Ximena
AU - Poblete-Valderrama, Felipe
AU - Petermann-Rocha, Fanny
AU - Celis-Morales, Carlos
N1 - Funding Information:
The National Health Survey 2009–2010 was funded by the Chilean Health Ministry (ENS, 2009–2010). However, the Authors did not receive any specific funding for this work. We thank all participants for their co-operation and the Chilean Health Ministry and School of Public Health, The Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile for commissioning, designing and conducting the second National Health Survey 2009–2010.
PY - 2019/9
Y1 - 2019/9
N2 - Introduction: The objective of this study was to investigate levels of self-reported active commuting by socio-demographics factors in Chile. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 5,157 participants (women: 59.3%, age range 15–101 years) from the Chilean National Health Survey (CNHS) 2009–2010. The Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ v2) was utilised to measure frequency and time spent in active commuting (walking or cycling). In addition, age, sex, education, place of residence, income and occupation were used as socio-demographics factors of interest. Results: 31.9% [95% Confidence Interval (CI): 29.7; 34.2] of the population reported not doing any form of active commuting, this prevalence was higher in women than men (34.0% vs. 29.7%), in older (≥65y) than younger individuals (≤24y) (44.1% vs. 24.4%), in individuals with lower education compared to higher education (38.4% vs. 28.2) and in retired individuals than in those who were employed (46.0% vs. 31.2%). Being a non-active commuter was associated with a higher prevalence of physical inactivity (OR: 11.1 [95% CI: 8.27; 14.8], p < 0.0001). Similar findings were observed when analyses were stratified by socio-demographics factors. Conclusions: Our findings show that prevalence and levels of active commuting differ by socio-demographic factors. In addition, our results provide evidence that commuting physical activity is an important domain that contribute to achieving the physical activity guidelines. Individuals who do not engage in active commuting presented a higher prevalence of physical inactivity.
AB - Introduction: The objective of this study was to investigate levels of self-reported active commuting by socio-demographics factors in Chile. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 5,157 participants (women: 59.3%, age range 15–101 years) from the Chilean National Health Survey (CNHS) 2009–2010. The Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ v2) was utilised to measure frequency and time spent in active commuting (walking or cycling). In addition, age, sex, education, place of residence, income and occupation were used as socio-demographics factors of interest. Results: 31.9% [95% Confidence Interval (CI): 29.7; 34.2] of the population reported not doing any form of active commuting, this prevalence was higher in women than men (34.0% vs. 29.7%), in older (≥65y) than younger individuals (≤24y) (44.1% vs. 24.4%), in individuals with lower education compared to higher education (38.4% vs. 28.2) and in retired individuals than in those who were employed (46.0% vs. 31.2%). Being a non-active commuter was associated with a higher prevalence of physical inactivity (OR: 11.1 [95% CI: 8.27; 14.8], p < 0.0001). Similar findings were observed when analyses were stratified by socio-demographics factors. Conclusions: Our findings show that prevalence and levels of active commuting differ by socio-demographic factors. In addition, our results provide evidence that commuting physical activity is an important domain that contribute to achieving the physical activity guidelines. Individuals who do not engage in active commuting presented a higher prevalence of physical inactivity.
KW - Active commuting
KW - Active travel
KW - Cycling
KW - Physical activity
KW - Sociodemographic
KW - Walking
U2 - 10.1016/j.jth.2019.100615
DO - 10.1016/j.jth.2019.100615
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85070946798
SN - 2214-1405
VL - 14
JO - Journal of Transport and Health
JF - Journal of Transport and Health
M1 - 100615
ER -
