Predictors of Driving Among Families Living Within 2 km from School
Predictors of Driving Among Families Living Within 2 km from School
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居住在距学校 2 公里以内的家庭中驾驶的预测因素
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2012
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K. Arbour
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K. Larsen;Michelle Stone;G. Faulkner;R. Buliung;K. Arbour
本文旨在介绍和评估影响加拿大大多伦多和汉密尔顿地区(GTHA)内居住足够近而步行上学的儿童的决定的人口统计特征、家长/家庭水平因素、态度因素、心理社会中介因素、路线特征、资源和环境因素。2009年，对GTHA 1,001名就读小学的儿童家长进行了电话采访。对居住在离学校2公里以内的父母(n=529)进行了分析。设立了两个小组：通常开车送孩子上学/放学的父母(n=191)和通常允许孩子步行上学/放学的父母(n=338)。描述性统计被用来检查家庭人口统计、父母/家庭因素、态度因素、心理社会中介因素、路线特征、资源和环境因素。使用独立样本t检验和卡方分析来检验这些因素的组间差异。将组间显著不同的变量纳入Logistic回归分析，以确定驾驶行为的预测因素。如果孩子的自主行动能力较弱，旅伴较少，与父母讨论如何安全步行或骑车上学，他们就更有可能被开车去上学；司机不太担心上学是身体活动的一个重要来源，对替代出行方式更感兴趣，出行距离更远，面临更大比例的当地道路和社区的主要和次要十字路口。
This paper aims to present and evaluate demographic characteristics, parent/family level factors, attitudinal factors, psychosocial mediators, route features, resources and environmental factors which appear to influence the decision to drive children who live close enough to walk to and from school within the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), Canada. Telephone interviews were conducted in 2009 with 1,001 parents of children attending elementary school in the GTHA. Analyses were performed for parents living less than 2 km away from school (n=529). Two groups were created: parents who typically drive their children to/from school (n=191) and parents who typically allow their children to walk to/from school (n=338). Descriptive statistics were used to examine household demographics, parent/family factors, attitudinal factors, psychosocial mediators, route features, resources and environmental factors. Independent-samples t-tests and chi-square analyses were used to test for group differences in these. Variables which were significantly different between groups were incorporated into logistic regression analyses to identify predictors of driving behavior. Children were more likely to be driven to school if they had less independent mobility, had fewer traveling companions and engaged in less discussion with their parents on how to walk or cycle to school safely; drivers were less concerned about the trip to school as an important source of physical activity, were more interested in alternative travel modes, had greater distances to travel and faced a greater proportion of local roads and major and minor intersections in their neighborhoods.