Local environment and social factors in primary school children's afterschool commute in China.

ABSTRACT: The rapid decline in young children's active commutes to and from school has prompted investigations into ways to raise activity levels. The period after school is recognized as very important in the daily activity regime of primary school children. In this study, we examine the relative effects of local environmental factors and socio-economic status on children's after-school commute mode choice. Environmental factors are pedestrian priority streets, street intersection density, motorways, shops, and play spaces. Property values are used as a proxy for income. Twenty-four school districts are selected using intersection density and motorway length as criteria. All children's exit behaviors were film-recorded on October weekdays and extracted as four choices-alone, in a group of children,

SUBMITTER: Zacharias J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5524311 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature