ArticleThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2011
On your bike! a cross-sectional study of the individual, social and environmental correlates of cycling to school.
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- Associations between parental perceptions of neighbourhood environment and physical activity in children and adolescents: a systematic review including 149 studies.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Pooled it
- Street connectivity, physical activity, and childhood obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021Pooled it
- Cross-continental comparison of the association between the physical environment and active transportation in children: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2015Pooled it
- Perceived barriers to children's active commuting to school: a systematic review of empirical, methodological and theoretical evidence.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2014Pooled it
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- Assessing the environmental characteristics of cycling routes to school: a study on the reliability and validity of a Google Street View-based audit.International journal of health geographics · 2014Trial
- Associations between parental perceptions of neighbourhood environments and active travel to school: IPEN Adolescent study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Observational
- Applying the multiphase optimization strategy to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of an online road safety education intervention for children and parents: a pilot study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Children's active school transportation: an international scoping review of psychosocial factors.Systematic reviews · 2024Article
- Associations between school-level environment and individual-level factors of walking and cycling to school in Canadian youth.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Gender-specific social and environmental correlates of active travel to school in four European countries: the HBSC Study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Seasonal variations in physical activity among Norwegian elementary school children in Arctic regions.International journal of circumpolar health · 2021Article
- Parent's sociodemographic factors, physical activity and active commuting are predictors of independent mobility to school.International journal of health geographics · 2021Article
- Socio-economic and Regional Differences in Walkability and Greenspace Around Primary Schools: A Census of Australian Primary School Neighbourhoods.Journal of community health · 2021Article
- Socio-Demographic Correlates of Cycling to School among 12- to 15-Year Olds in Southern Germany.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The Profile of Bicycle Users, Their Perceived Difficulty to Cycle, and the Most Frequent Trip Origins and Destinations in Aracaju, Brazil.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Keeping kids safe for active travel to school: A mixed method examination of school policies and practices and children's school travel behaviour.Travel behaviour & society · 2020Article
- Different neighborhood walkability indexes for active commuting to school are necessary for urban and rural children and adolescents.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Article
- Are the Parents' and Their Children's Physical Activity and Mode of Commuting Associated? Analysis by Gender and Age Group.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The Importance of Pedestrian Network Connectivity for Adolescent Health: A Cross-sectional Examination of Associations between Neighbourhood Built Environments and Metabolic Health in the Pacific Islands Families Birth Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundActive school transport (AST) has declined rapidly in recent decades. While many studies have examined walking, cycling to school has received very little attention. Correlates of cycling are likely to differ to those from walking and cycling enables AST from further distances. This study examined individual, social and environmental factors associated with cycling to school among elementary school-aged children, stratified by gender.
methodsChildren (n = 1197) attending 25 Australian primary schools located in high or low walkable neighborhoods, completed a one-week travel diary and a parent/child questionnaire on travel habits and attitudes.
resultsOverall, 31.2% of boys and 14.6% of girls cycled ≥ 1 trip/week, however 59.4% of boys and 36.7% of girls reported cycling as their preferred school transport mode. In boys (but not girls), school neighborhood design was significantly associated with cycling: i.e., boys attending schools in neighborhoods with high connectivity and low traffic were 5.58 times more likely to cycle (95% CI 1.11-27.96) and for each kilometer boys lived from school the odds of cycling reduced by 0.70 (95% CI 0.63-0.99). Irrespective of gender, cycling to school was associated with parental confidence in their child's cycling ability (boys: OR 10.39; 95% CI 3.79-28.48; girls: OR 4.03; 95% CI 2.02-8.05), parental perceived convenience of driving (boys: OR 0.42; 95% CI 0.23-0.74; girls: OR 0.40; 95% CI 0.20-0.82); and child's preference to cycle (boys: OR 5.68; 95% CI 3.23-9.98; girls: OR 3.73; 95% CI 2.26-6.17).
conclusionSchool proximity, street network connectivity and traffic exposure in school neighborhoods was associated with boys (but not girls) cycling to school. Irrespective of gender, parents need to be confident in their child's cycling ability and must prioritize cycling over driving.
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