Journal of Public Health Policy

TABLE 1

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Transit and Health: Mode of Transport, Employer-Sponsored Public Transit Pass Programs, and Physical Activity

Ugo Lachapelle and Lawrence D Frank

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Table 1. Characteristics of subset of SMARTRAQ respondents (N=4,156), Metro Atlanta, 2001–2002

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   Used in analysis (4,156) Not in analysis (14,170)
Variable description n Mean % Std. dev. Mean % Std. dev.
Mode selection and trips
 Mean number of public transit trips per day 0.09 0.460.059 0.377
 Mean number of trips as driver per day 3.54 2.121.83 2.28
 Mean number of trips as passenger per day 0.26 0.730.731 1.25
 Car availability 0.96 0.160.622 0.466
        
Sociodemographics
 Age 42.97 11.1236.61 23.068
 White (1=yes)  71.0  67.6 
        
Income
 <$30,000561 13.5  19.4 
 $30,000–$60,000 (ref.)1,563 37.6  32.1 
 >$60, 0002,032 48.8  48.5 
        
Gender
 Male2,082 50.1  48.0 
 Female2,074 49.9  51.8 
        
Employer-sponsored transit pass
 Has access and uses363 8.7  2.9 
 Has access but does not use460 11.1  3.1 
 Do not have access (ref.)3,333 80.2  94.0 
        
Net residential density (res. units/net res. acre)
 0–21,568 37.8  44.3 
 2–41,133 27.3  28.7 
 4–6657 15.8  13.7 
 6–8308 7.4  4.8 
 8+490 11.8  8.5 
        
Services near employment
 Retail stores within 10-min walk from work  42.0  22.7 
        
Transit service: distance to nearest transit stop
 Within 450 m for users  2.0  1.4 
 From 450 m to 1 km for users  2.0  1.1 
        
Three categories of walking*
 Non-walker3,707 89.2  92.2 
 Walk up to 2.4 km – moderate walker343 8.3  6.2 
 Walk 2.4 km or more – PA recommendation met106 2.6  1.6 
        
Total4,156 100  100.0 

   *Distances are in km per day.

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