ArticlePreventive medicine reports2016
Individual, family, and neighborhood correlates of independent mobility among 7 to 11-year-olds.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Social-Ecological Correlates of Children's Independent Mobility: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Social and physical environmental correlates of independent mobility in children: a systematic review taking sex/gender differences into account.International journal of health geographics · 2018Pooled it
- Parental Attitudes to Risky Play and Children's Independent Mobility: Public Health Implications for Children in Ireland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Determinants promoting and hindering physical activity in primary school children in Germany: a qualitative study with students, teachers and parents.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Characteristics of the obesogenic environment around schools are associated with body fat and low-grade inflammation in Brazilian children.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Effects of Attending Extracurricular Lessons and Cram School on Independent Mobility in Japanese Children.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Parent's sociodemographic factors, physical activity and active commuting are predictors of independent mobility to school.International journal of health geographics · 2021Article
- Paving the Way for Outdoor Play: Examining Socio-Environmental Barriers to Community-Based Outdoor Play.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- "Well, You Feel More Responsible When You're Unsupervised": Exploring Family Perspectives on Children's Independent Mobility.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Correlates of Children's Independent Mobility in Canada: A Multi-Site Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Children's Transport Built Environments: A Mixed Methods Study of Associations between Perceived and Objective Measures and Relationships with Parent Licence for Independent Mobility in Auckland, New Zealand.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Parents' Willingness and Perception of Children's Autonomy as Predictors of Greater Independent Mobility to School.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Associations between active commuting to school, sleep duration, and breakfast consumption in Ecuadorian young people.BMC public health · 2019Article
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- Children's Independent Mobility: Current Knowledge, Future Directions, and Public Health Implications.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Review
- Sibling influence on children's objectively measured physical activity: a meta-analysis and systematic review.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2018Article
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Abstract
Objective. Independent mobility refers to the freedom that children have to move around their neighborhood without adult supervision. It is related to their physical activity and health. We examined the intrapersonal, family, and neighborhood correlates of independent mobility within children. Methods. 497 American parents of 6.9-11.9 year olds completed a survey (November, 2014) that assessed their child's independent mobility range, several intrapersonal characteristics of their child (gender, age, race, etc.), several characteristics of their family (family structure, socioeconomic status, parental physical activity, etc.), and their perceptions of the safety of their neighborhood (18 questions reduced to 4 components). Associations were determined using ordinal logistic regression. Results. Children's age, parent's perception that their neighborhood is safe for children, and parent's fear of neighborhood crime were the independent correlates of independent mobility. Compared to 6.9-7.9 year olds, the odds ratio (95% CI) for increasing independent mobility were 2.31 (1.47-3.64) in 8.0-9.9 year olds and 3.38 (2.13-5.36) in 10.0-11.9 year olds. Compared to children whose parents who did not perceive that their neighborhood was safe for children, the odds ratio for increasing independent mobility was 4.24 (2.68-6.70) for children whose parents perceived their neighborhood was safe for children. Compared to children whose parents had the lowest fear of neighborhood crime, the odds ratio for increasing independent mobility was 0.41 (0.27-0.62) for children whose parents had the highest fear of crime. Conclusions. Children's independent mobility was associated with their age, their parent's perception that their neighborhood was safe for children, and their parent's fear of crime.
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