Skip to main content

Table 3 Correlates of cycling to and from work (n = 87) in comparison to not walking (n = 622)

From: Socio-demographic, personal, environmental and behavioral correlates of different modes of transportation to work among Norwegian parents

Variable

Model 1a

Model 2

Model 3b

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

Distance (less than 5 km)

8.3

(4.4, 15.7)

2.9

(1.4, 6.0)

3.0

(1.4, 6.3)

Own a bike

  

3.4

(0.7,16.8)

3.0

(0.6, 15.3)

Access to car

 One car

  

1.9

(0.5, 7.0)

1.8

(0.5, 7.0)

 More than one car

  

1.4

(0.3, 5.7)

1.4

(0.3, 5.6)

Traffic safety (scale 1–10)

  

1.1

(1.0, 1.3)

1.1

(1.0, 1.3)

Positive attitude towards walking or cycling to work

  

1.7

(0.6, 4.7)

1.6

(0.6, 4.6)

Regards commuting as exercise

  

2.8

(1.4, 5.6)

2.7

(1.4, 5.4)

Regards weather as obstacle to active commuting

  

0.2

(0.1, 0.4)

0.2

(0.1, 0.4)

Limits car use to reduce C02 emissions

  

1.5

(0.8, 2.8)

1.5

(0.8, 2.8)

Positive attitude towards environmentally ways of traveling

  

1.2

(0.7, 2.2)

1.2

(0.6, 2.2)

Use car for grocery shopping

  

0.4

(0.2, 0.8)

0.4

(0.2, 0.8)

Performs physical training regularly

    

1.4

(0.7, 2.8)

  1. aBased on multivariate logistic regression analysis. bIn model 3, there were 543 participants due to missing information on covariates (n = 166)