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Table 1 Overall and site-specific socio-demographic characteristics

From: Associations between parental perceptions of neighbourhood environments and active travel to school: IPEN Adolescent study

 

High-income countries

Low-middle-income countries

 

All sites

Australia Melb

Belgium Ghent

Czech Rep HK

Czech Rep Olomouc

Denmark Odense

China Hong Kong

Israel Haifa

Portugal Various cities

Spain Valencia

USA Baltimore

USA Seattle

Bangladesh Dhaka

Brazil Curitiba

India Chennai

Malaysia KL

Nigeria Gombe

N

6302

438

291

155

183

210

1295

232

184

465

485

443

92

493

316

752

268

Child’s age (year)

Mean

14.46

14.91

13.36

14.32

13.73

13.00

14.31

15.28

15.94

16.56

14.15

14.04

13.89

14.08

13.75

14.40

15.26

(SD)

(1.69)

(1.59)

(1.36)

(1.73)

(1.61)

(1.19)

(1.70)

(1.45)

(1.17)

(0.78)

(1.40)

(1.40)

(1.76)

(1.63)

(1.53)

(1.32)

(1.64)

% missing

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Child’s sex

% male

46.46

40.18

41.92

50.32

44.81

40.95

42.78

39.22

37.50

44.95

46.60

52.82

53.26

48.88

52.53

53.06

54.48

%missing

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Highest education in the household

% ≥College degree

46.67

35.39

73.54

32.26

15.85

66.67

35.29

60.78

35.87

55.70

73.81

76.07

58.70

40.77

47.15

24.87

53.73

% missing

11.22

45.66

1.72

36.13

54.10

3.33

0

1.29

18.48

0

1.03

0.23

0

0

0.32

38.16

3.36

Area level SES

% High

47.11

45.89

51.89

49.68

44.26

53.81

46.49

50.43

52.72

53.55

50.93

49.21

44.57

43.20

48.10

39.89

41.04

% missing

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Parental marital status

% married/LWP

75.47

43.84

84.88

48.39

36.61

83.81

89.65

78.45

65.22

78.71

79.59

87.58

94.57

72.01

95.57

57.18

82.84

% missing

10.73

43.38

0.69

36.77

51.37

0.48

0

0.43

18.48

0

1.03

0.23

1.09

0

0

37.23

3.73

Household size

Mean

4.67

4.28

4.31

3.87

3.90

4.23

4.16

4.34

3.78

3.77

4.30

4.22

5.93

4.26

4.56

5.66

12.11

(SD)

(2.62)

(1.09)

(1.07)

(1.21)

(1.08)

(1.29)

(1.16)

(1.15)

(1.15)

(0.86)

(1.42)

(1.22)

(4.04)

(1.31)

(1.72)

(1.97)

(7.08)

% missing

9.25

45.43

4.81

1.94

0

3.81

0

2.16

20.11

0.22

0.82

0

3.26

0

2.53

38.16

5.22

Children in the household

Mean

2.08

2.03

2.25

1.69

1.78

2.22

1.67

1.96

1.50

1.45

2.08

1.97

2.37

1.85

1.81

2.48

5.98

(SD)

(1.56)

(0.91)

(1.25)

(0.74)

(0.71)

(1.12)

(0.75)

(0.97)

(0.95)

(0.58)

(1.21)

(0.96)

(1.66)

(0.98)

(0.69)

(1.35)

(4.08)

% missing

10.04

45.89

3.78

4.52

0.55

2.86

0

1.72

28.80

3.87

0.82

0

0

0.41

6.01

38.96

5.22

Motor vehicle in the household

% 0

20.63

0.91

4.81

5.16

4.92

7.62

69.19

11.21

5.98

7.31

2.06

0.90

68.48

18.86

23.42

1.33

10.45

% 1

27.21

15.07

38.49

31.61

23.50

48.10

22.86

41.81

26.09

45.59

15.88

9.26

25.00

41.99

46.84

14.23

32.84

% 2

25.83

26.71

42.61

19.35

11.48

35.24

6.18

37.93

38.59

33.12

45.77

42.89

1.09

28.40

18.35

24.47

27.61

% 3+

14.74

12.33

12.37

4.52

2.73

5.71

1.78

7.76

8.70

13.98

34.85

46.73

5.43

10.75

6.96

22.47

25.37

% missing

11.58

44.98

1.72

39.35

57.38

3.33

0

1.29

20.65

0

1.44

0.23

0

0

4.43

37.50

3.73

Licensed driver in the household

% 0

13.71

0.23

1.72

1.94

1.64

3.33

39.46

6.47

2.72

3.23

1.24

0.23

66.30

16.43

22.15

0.93

27.24

% 1

23.48

10.50

18.90

12.90

13.66

21.43

32.28

25.43

15.22

26.02

11.75

7.00

26.09

30.22

55.70

14.63

43.28

% 2

38.08

32.88

73.20

35.48

23.50

62.86

26.25

42.67

49.46

51.18

57.11

60.50

1.09

38.95

17.72

27.79

15.67

% 3+

13.42

11.42

4.81

10.32

5.46

9.05

2.01

25.00

13.59

19.57

28.45

32.05

5.43

14.40

3.16

19.28

9.70

% missing

11.30

44.98

1.37

39.35

55.74

3.33

0

0.43

19.02

0

1.44

0.23

1.09

0

1.27

37.37

4.10

  1. KL Kuala Lumpur, Melb Melbourne, Rep Republic, HK Hradec Kralove, SES Socio-economic-status, SD Standard deviation, LWP living with partner