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Active Transportation to School. Utopia or a Strategy for a Healthy Life in Adolescence
| Content Provider | MDPI |
|---|---|
| Author | Loureiro, Nuno Marques, Adilson Loureiro, Vânia de Matos, Margarida |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | The way adolescents travel to school can be an important contribution to achieving their daily physical activity recommendations. The main objective of this research is to know which variables are associated with the mode of transportation used to and from school by Portuguese adolescents. The 2018 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children questionnaire was applied to 5695 adolescents with an average age of 15.5 (SD ± 1.8), 53.9% of whom were female. The associations were studied by applying χ2 tests and multivariate logistic regression models. In this study, 36.5% of the participants reported walking or cycling to school. Active transportation to school is associated with age (OR = 1.3; p < 0.05), sufficient physical activity (OR = 1.2; p < 0.05), adequate number of hours of sleep (OR = 1.2; p < 0.05), perception of happiness (OR = 1.2; p < 0.05) and living near the school (OR = 2.4; p < 0.05). The results revealed that adolescents’ choice to travel to/from school using an active mode of transportation increased with age, physical activity, hours of sleep, perception of happiness, and living near the school. |
| Starting Page | 4503 |
| e-ISSN | 16604601 |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph18094503 |
| Journal | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
| Issue Number | 9 |
| Volume Number | 18 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-04-23 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Transportation Science and Technology Adolescent Walking Health Behaviors Health Promotion Physical Activity |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
