Active travel to school: a longitudinal millennium cohort study of schooling outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Assess longitudinal associations between active travel during the school commute and later educational outcomes.

Setting

England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Participants

6778 children, surveyed at ages 7, 11, 14 and 17.

Primary and secondary outcomes

School-leaver General Certificate of Secondary Education exam scores summed to provide a single measure of educational success.

Results

Controlling a range of sociodemographic and health variables, using active versus passive travel modes during a child's commute to school during earlier years predicted differences in school-leaver exam performance at age 16. These effects were mediated through changes in self-esteem, emotional difficulties and behavioural difficulties. Examples include: being dr

SUBMITTER: Walker I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10040056 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature