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Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of the active commuting behaviors of U.S. Department of the Interior employees
BACKGROUND: Despite evolving evidence of the health and economic benefits of active transportation (AT) to work, few studies have examined the determinants of AT in large organizations with multiple worksites nor how trends in commuting change over time. METHODS: The data were obtained from the U.S....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6505107/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31068164 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6746-9 |
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description | BACKGROUND: Despite evolving evidence of the health and economic benefits of active transportation (AT) to work, few studies have examined the determinants of AT in large organizations with multiple worksites nor how trends in commuting change over time. METHODS: The data were obtained from the U.S. Department of the Interior Employee Commuting Census of 2010 (n = 23,230), and 2012–2016 (n = 21,725-25,974). The respondents were grouped into four commuting categories: non-active mode, walking, biking, and mixed-mode. Multinomial logistic regression analysis was utilized to examine the correlates of choosing AT to work for the 2010 data. Next, a repeated cross-sectional analysis was completed for all six years of data. RESULTS: In 2010, AT modes were only chosen by approximately 10% of respondents. Employees who lived farther from work and did not have a public transit station within 0.5 miles from home were generally less likely to choose AT. Respondents working in non-metro workplaces were less likely to bike or take mixed-modes to work, but more likely to walk. Men were more likely to choose AT modes, particularly biking. Respondents aged ≤30 yrs. were less likely to bike than those 31 to 40 yrs., but more likely than those ≥61 yrs. In 2010, the number of respondents that walked was higher, and biked and took mixed-modes was lower when compared to 2016, while the choice to take mixed-modes was higher in 2012 and 2013 when compared to 2016. Daily commuting distances in 2016 tended to be lower than 2010 and 2012, and higher than 2013. However, overall AT choice and commute distance remained reasonably stable over time. CONCLUSIONS: Respondents who lived close to their workplace and a public transportation station, worked in a metro location, were male and younger were more likely to choose AT modes to work. The results provide insight for the U.S. Department of the Interior and other large organizations to develop intervention strategies that support AT to work. Further research is warranted to understand the concurrent individual, social, and environmental barriers and facilitators for choosing AT to work. |
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spelling | pubmed-65051072019-05-10 Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of the active commuting behaviors of U.S. Department of the Interior employees Paul, David R. Deng, Yazhuo Cook, Philip S. BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Despite evolving evidence of the health and economic benefits of active transportation (AT) to work, few studies have examined the determinants of AT in large organizations with multiple worksites nor how trends in commuting change over time. METHODS: The data were obtained from the U.S. Department of the Interior Employee Commuting Census of 2010 (n = 23,230), and 2012–2016 (n = 21,725-25,974). The respondents were grouped into four commuting categories: non-active mode, walking, biking, and mixed-mode. Multinomial logistic regression analysis was utilized to examine the correlates of choosing AT to work for the 2010 data. Next, a repeated cross-sectional analysis was completed for all six years of data. RESULTS: In 2010, AT modes were only chosen by approximately 10% of respondents. Employees who lived farther from work and did not have a public transit station within 0.5 miles from home were generally less likely to choose AT. Respondents working in non-metro workplaces were less likely to bike or take mixed-modes to work, but more likely to walk. Men were more likely to choose AT modes, particularly biking. Respondents aged ≤30 yrs. were less likely to bike than those 31 to 40 yrs., but more likely than those ≥61 yrs. In 2010, the number of respondents that walked was higher, and biked and took mixed-modes was lower when compared to 2016, while the choice to take mixed-modes was higher in 2012 and 2013 when compared to 2016. Daily commuting distances in 2016 tended to be lower than 2010 and 2012, and higher than 2013. However, overall AT choice and commute distance remained reasonably stable over time. CONCLUSIONS: Respondents who lived close to their workplace and a public transportation station, worked in a metro location, were male and younger were more likely to choose AT modes to work. The results provide insight for the U.S. Department of the Interior and other large organizations to develop intervention strategies that support AT to work. Further research is warranted to understand the concurrent individual, social, and environmental barriers and facilitators for choosing AT to work. BioMed Central 2019-05-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6505107/ /pubmed/31068164 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6746-9 Text en © The Author(s). 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Paul, David R. Deng, Yazhuo Cook, Philip S. Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of the active commuting behaviors of U.S. Department of the Interior employees |
title | Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of the active commuting behaviors of U.S. Department of the Interior employees |
title_full | Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of the active commuting behaviors of U.S. Department of the Interior employees |
title_fullStr | Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of the active commuting behaviors of U.S. Department of the Interior employees |
title_full_unstemmed | Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of the active commuting behaviors of U.S. Department of the Interior employees |
title_short | Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of the active commuting behaviors of U.S. Department of the Interior employees |
title_sort | cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of the active commuting behaviors of u.s. department of the interior employees |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6505107/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31068164 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6746-9 |
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