Sersli Stephanie, Turrell Gavin, Burton Nicola W, Brown Wendy J, Heesch Kristiann C
Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada.
Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, 7/F, 2635 Laurel Street, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada.
Prev Med Rep. 2021 Jul 8;23:101479. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101479. eCollection 2021 Sep.
Bicycling has multiple health benefits. Child-rearing may influence bicycling, but little is known about the impact of this between men's and women's bicycling, or of number and ages of children on bicycling. This study examined the longitudinal associations between having dependent children and bicycling for transportation and recreation over 4 years among mid-aged men and women. Data were from the HABITAT study (Australia). We analysed data from three survey waves (2007, 2009, 2011) using multilevel logistic regression stratified by gender (n = 7758). Findings indicate that having dependent children was associated with bicycling for transportation and recreation in contrasting ways for men and women. The odds of bicycling were higher in men with ≥2 children aged under 18y than men without children (transportation: OR = 1.93, 95% CI: 1.26, 2.98; recreation: OR = 2.37, 95% CI: 1.67, 3.37). Over time, the odds of recreational bicycling were lower in women with ≥2 children than women without children (OR = 0.83, 95% CI: 0.73, 0.93). However, for both men and women, the odds of recreational bicycling were higher in those with children aged 6-12y than those with younger or older children (men: OR = 1.86, 95% CI: 1.39, 2.49; women: OR = 1.79, 95% CI: 1.31, 2.46). Interventions to promote bicycling must therefore consider gendered differences in bicycling for travel and active leisure, and family circumstances. An opportunity to promote bicycling might be to target parents with children aged 6-12y.
骑自行车对健康有诸多益处。养育子女可能会影响骑自行车的情况，但对于这种影响在男性和女性骑自行车方面的差异，或者子女数量和年龄对骑自行车的影响，我们了解甚少。本研究调查了中年男性和女性在4年时间里，有受抚养子女与为出行和娱乐而骑自行车之间的纵向关联。数据来自澳大利亚的“栖息地”研究。我们使用按性别分层的多水平逻辑回归分析了三次调查浪潮（2007年、2009年、2011年）的数据（n = 7758）。研究结果表明，有受抚养子女与男性和女性为出行和娱乐而骑自行车之间存在不同的关联方式。有≥2名18岁以下子女的男性骑自行车的几率高于没有子女的男性（出行：OR = 1.93，95% CI：1.26，2.98；娱乐：OR = 2.37，95% CI：1.67，3.37）。随着时间推移，有≥2名子女的女性进行娱乐性骑自行车的几率低于没有子女的女性（OR = 0.83，95% CI：0.73，0.93）。然而，对于男性和女性而言，有6 - 12岁子女的人进行娱乐性骑自行车的几率高于有年龄更小或更大子女的人（男性：OR = 1.86，95% CI：1.39，2.49；女性：OR = 1.79，95% CI：1.31，2.46）。因此，促进骑自行车的干预措施必须考虑到出行和积极休闲方面骑自行车的性别差异以及家庭情况。促进骑自行车的一个机会可能是针对有6 - 12岁子女的父母。
