Look who's walking: Social and environmental correlates of children's walking in London

A substantial literature examines the social and environmental correlates of walking to school but less addresses walking outside the school commute. Using travel diary data from London, we examined social and environmental correlates of walking: to school; outside the school commute during term tim...

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Published in:Health & place 2012-07, Vol.18 (4), p.917-927
Main Authors: Steinbach, Rebecca, Green, Judith, Edwards, Phil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Active travel
Adolescent
Asian Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Autobiographical Materials
Automobiles - economics
Child
Child health
Children
Correlation
Data Collection
Diaries
England
Environment
Environment Design
Environmental aspects
Environmental Factors
Ethnicity
Female
Health Behavior - ethnology
Health technology assessment
Humans
Intervention
Interventions
London
London, England
Male
Ownership
Physical activity
Physical environment
Physical Fitness
Public health
Schools
Social Class
Social differences
Social factors
Summer
Travel
United Kingdom
Walking
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Summary:A substantial literature examines the social and environmental correlates of walking to school but less addresses walking outside the school commute. Using travel diary data from London, we examined social and environmental correlates of walking: to school; outside the school commute during term time; and during the summer and weekends. Living in a household without a car was associated with all journey types; ‘Asian’ ethnicity was negatively associated with walking for non-school travel; environmental factors were associated with non-school journeys, but not the school commute. Interventions aiming to increase children's active travel need to take account of the range of journeys they make. ► Correlates of children's non-school and school commute walking differ in London. ► Environmental factors are correlated with non-school, but not school, trips. ► ‘Asian’ ethnicity is negatively associated with non-school, but not school, trips. ► The social meaning of walking may be significant in predicting travel behaviour. ► Increasing non-school active travel by children may require different strategies.
ISSN:1353-8292
1873-2054
DOI:10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.02.005