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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study and Greater Hobart populations

From: Is public transport a promising strategy for increasing physical activity? Evidence from a study of objectively measured public transport use and physical activity

 

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Greater Hobart bus users*

Greater Hobart total*

N

73

6679

197,357

Age (years), mean (SD)

45.2 (16.9)

37.0 (13.1)

48.4 (19.0)

Gender (female), % (n)

61.6 (45)

60.8 (4060)

51.9 (102,393)

Body mass index (kg/m2), mean (SD)

27.8 (6.3)

  

Current smoker, % (n)

   

 Yes

6.8 (5)

  

 No

93.2 (68)

  

Self-rated health, % (n)

   

 Excellent/very good

42.5 (31)

  

 Good

43.8 (32)

  

 Fair/poor

13.7 (10)

  

Education level, % (n)

   

 Low

20.6 (15)

28.6 (1833)

38.3 (68,364)

 Medium

30.1 (22)

21.6 (1380)

28.1 (50,224)

 High

49.3 (36)

49.8 (3187)

33.6 (59,913)

Employment status, % (n)

   

 Full-time (> 35 h/week)

27.4 (20)

53.3 (3461)

35.7 (64,974)

 Part-time (1–34 h/week)

41.1 (30)

46.7 (3037)

24.4 (44,345)

 Unemployed (0 h/week)

31.5 (23)

0.0 (0)

39.9 (72,541)

Marital status, % (n)

   

 Married/de facto

59.1 (39)

44.7 (2938)

53.1 (104,739)

 Not married/de facto

40.9 (27)

55.3 (3689)

46.9 (92,620)

Number of dependents, mean (SD)

2.0 (0.67)

  

Bus trips/day, mean (SD)

0.31 (0.74)

  

Steps/day, median (IQR)

7010 (4675, 9943)

  

MVPA (min/day), median (IQR)

37 (15, 62)

  

Sedentary time (min/day), mean (SD)

529.1 (155.1)

  
  1. IQR = Inter quartile range, MVPA = moderate-vigorous physical activity, SD = Standard deviation. N of Greater Hobart region varies as shown
  2. Greater Hobart bus users depicts individuals that used public transport (buses) to commute to work on census day
  3. *Greater Hobart data source: Census of Population and Housing, 2021, TableBuilder: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/microdata-tablebuilder/tablebuilder Copyright Commonwealth of Australia, 2021, see abs.gov.au/copyright. ABS data licensed under Creative Commons, see abs.gov.au/ccby