Behrens Timothy K, Osman Randa, Whitney Paige, Carpenter Dick, Tucker Elizabeth, Field Julaine, Kelly Cheryl
Department of Health Sciences, Northern Arizona University, 1100 South Beaver Street, No. 15095, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA.
College of Education, University of Colorado, 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Colorado Springs, CO, 80918, USA.
J Community Health. 2017 Feb;42(1):116-121. doi: 10.1007/s10900-016-0237-z.
Active transportation (AT) may represent an ideal opportunity to accumulate physical activity (PA). Thus, the purpose of this study was to describe the AT profile among students from two Colorado school districts. Students completed a survey on AT resulting in a final dataset (n = 3738) from which descriptive and inferential statics were calculated. Respondents were 11.32 ± 2.82 years of age (Boys = 48.27 %; Girls = 51.73 %). Most students (87.29 %) traveled to or from school via automobile, while 11.17 % walked and 1.53 % biked. Boys rode bicycles to school significantly more (p < 0.0001) than girls, and when walking, accumulated significantly more time (p = 0.02) than females. When examining by grade level significant differences were found for days/week walking (p = 0.0002) to school and biking (p < 0.001) to school. High school students accumulated significantly (p < 0.0001) more time walking to school than middle or elementary school students. Similarly, high school students spent more time biking (p < 0.0001) to school than middle school and elementary school respondents. These findings indicate that travel to school by automobile is still the dominant mode of travel for most public school students. Further, males were generally more likely to obtain extra time in AT. Moreover, older students were more likely to engage in AT, and to spend more time during their AT.
主动出行（AT）可能是积累身体活动（PA）的理想机会。因此，本研究的目的是描述科罗拉多州两个学区学生的主动出行情况。学生们完成了一项关于主动出行的调查，最终得到一个数据集（n = 3738），并据此计算了描述性和推断性统计数据。受访者年龄为11.32 ± 2.82岁（男生占48.27%；女生占51.73%）。大多数学生（87.29%）上下学乘坐汽车，而11.17%的学生步行，1.53%的学生骑自行车。男生骑自行车上学的比例显著高于女生（p < 0.0001），步行时，男生累计的时间也显著多于女生（p = 0.02）。按年级水平进行分析时，发现每周步行（p = 0.0002）和骑自行车（p < 0.001）上学的天数存在显著差异。高中生步行上学累计的时间显著多于初中生或小学生（p < 0.0001）。同样，高中生骑自行车上学的时间也多于初中生和小学生（p < 0.0001）。这些结果表明，乘坐汽车上学仍是大多数公立学校学生的主要出行方式。此外，男生通常更有可能在主动出行中获得额外时间。而且，年龄较大的学生更有可能参与主动出行，并且在主动出行中花费更多时间。
