Personal and household factors stratified by child’s usual travel mode to school
| Characteristic | Travel by motorised mode Percentage (n) | Travel by bicycle Percentage (n) | Travel on foot Percentage (n) | Total sample Percentage (n) |
| Age tertiles | ||||
| Lowest tertile (youngest) | 49.0 (331) | 10.4 (70) | 40.7 (275) | 33.3 (671) |
| Middle tertile | 54.4 (362) | 7.1 (47) | 38.6 (257) | 33.3 (670) |
| Highest tertile (eldest) | 49.0 (328) | 10.3 (69) | 40.7 (273) | 33.3 (671) |
| Gender | ||||
| Boys | 52.1 (468)** | 13.0 (117)** | 34.9 (314)** | 44.7 (899) |
| Girls | 49.7 (553) | 6.2 (69) | 44.1 (491) | 55.3(1113) |
| Parental education | ||||
| Low | 49.2 (353) | 8.4 (60) | 42.5 (305) | 39.0 (718) |
| Mid | 52.6 (399) | 9.7 (74) | 37.7 (286) | 41.2 (759) |
| High | 53.0 (193) | 9.3 (34) | 37.6 (137) | 19.8 (364) |
| Access to or ownership of a car | ||||
| No car | 14.7 (14)** | 15.8 (15)* | 69.5 (66)** | 5.1 (95) |
| Car | 53.3 (948) | 8.5 (152) | 38.2 (680) | 94.9 (1780) |
| Child weight status | ||||
| Normal | 50.4 (776) | 9.0 (138) | 40.7 (627) | 77.0 (1541) |
| Overweight | 49.9 (173) | 10.1 (35) | 40.1 (139) | 17.4 (347) |
| Obese | 58.0 (65) | 10.7 (12) | 31.2 (35) | 5.6 (112) |
| Urban rural status of home location | ||||
| Urban | 43.1 (342)** | 7.4 (59)** | 49.5 (393)** | 39.5 (794) |
| Town and fringe | 40.6 (232) | 12.4 (71) | 47.0 (269) | 28.4 (572) |
| Village | 69.2 (447) | 8.7 (56) | 22.1 (143) | 32.1 (646) |
| Mothers transport | ||||
| No travel | 50.3 (228)** | 9.9 (45)** | 39.7 (180)** | 26.0 (453) |
| Motorised to work | 57.7 (610) | 7.1 (75) | 35.2 (372) | 60.6 (1057) |
| Active commute to work | 27.2 (64) | 15.7 (37) | 57.0 (134) | 13.5 (235) |
| Route length | ||||
| Less than 1 km | 18.2 (138)** | 11.7 (89)** | 70.1 (533)** | 37.8 (760) |
| 1– 2 km | 47.4 (249) | 12.4 (65) | 40.2 (211) | 26.1 (525) |
| Over 2 km | 87.2 (634) | 4.4(32) | 8.4 (61) | 36.1 (727) |
*p<0.05, **p<0.01.