Parental chauffeurs: what drives their transport choice?
Parental chauffeurs: what drives their transport choice?
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.08.017
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
影响因子：
6.1
通讯作者：
Crawford, David
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作者：
Carver, Alison;Timperio, Anna;Crawford, David
尽管积极的交通工具(如步行/骑自行车)对健康有广泛的好处，但许多父母还是开车送孩子上下学和去当地的其他目的地。我们的目的是探索这些行为的流行率、报告的原因和社会人口学相关性。通过对430名小学生和258名中学生及其父母的调查，我们调查了父母是否开车把孩子从学校送到当地步行距离内的目的地。我们发现，三分之一的样本，特别是大约一半的小学生，是从学校开车回家的。大多数孩子在当地旅行时通常有父母陪同，而且几乎总是开车去的。通过回归分析，我们考察了以下哪些因素与这些行为有关：距离(到学校)；社会信任；担心过马路时受伤；城市/农村位置；上小学/中学；性别、孩子的年龄；至少有一位父母没有全职工作；家庭用车。在分析中，社会信任和对伤害的关注是显著的解释变量。结果表明，旨在改善道路安全、增加社区连通性和建立社会信任的公共政策干预可能对鼓励儿童积极交通非常重要。(C)2012爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
Despite the widely acknowledged health benefits of active transport (e.g. walking/cycling), many parents drive their children to/from school and to other local destinations. We aimed to explore the prevalence, reported reasons and socio-demographic correlates of these behaviours. Using surveys of 430 primary and 258 secondary schoolchildren and their parents, we examined whether parents drove their child home from school and to local destinations within walking distance. We found a third of the sample, in particular around half of all primary schoolchildren, were driven home from school. Most children usually had parental accompaniment on local trips and were almost always driven. Using regression analyses we examined which of the following were associated with these behaviours: distance (to school); social trust; concern about injury while crossing a road; urban/rural location; attending primary/secondary school; sex, age of child; at least one parent not being employed full-time; household car access. In the analysis social trust and concern about injury were prominent explanatory variables. The results suggest public policy interventions that aim to improve road safety, increase community connectedness and build social trust may be important to encourage active transport for children. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.