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The role of the built environment in explaining educational inequalities in walking and cycling among adults in the Netherlands

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Health Geographics, March 2017
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Title
The role of the built environment in explaining educational inequalities in walking and cycling among adults in the Netherlands
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International Journal of Health Geographics, March 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12942-017-0083-y
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Daniël C. van Wijk, Joost Oude Groeniger, Frank J. van Lenthe, Carlijn B. M. Kamphuis

Abstract

This study examined whether characteristics of the residential built environment (i.e. population density, level of mixed land use, connectivity, accessibility of facilities, accessibility of green) contributed to educational inequalities in walking and cycling among adults. Data from participants (32-82 years) of the 2011 survey of the Dutch population-based GLOBE study were used (N = 2375). Highest attained educational level (independent variable) and walking for transport, cycling for transport, walking in leisure time and cycling in leisure time (dependent variables) were self-reported in the survey. GIS-systems were used to obtain spatial data on residential built environment characteristics. A four-step mediation-based analysis with log-linear regression models was used to examine to contribution of the residential built environment to educational inequalities in walking and cycling. As compared to the lowest educational group, the highest educational group was more likely to cycle for transport (RR 1.13, 95% CI 1.04-1.23), walk in leisure time (RR 1.12, 95% CI 1.04-1.21), and cycle in leisure time (RR 1.12, 95% CI 1.03-1.22). Objective built environment characteristics were related to these outcomes, but contributed minimally to educational inequalities in walking and cycling. On the other hand, compared to the lowest educational group, the highest educational group was less likely to walk for transport (RR 0.91, 95% CI 0.82-1.01), which could partly be attributed to differences in the built environment. This study found that objective built environment characteristics contributed minimally to educational inequalities in walking and cycling in the Netherlands.

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Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 14 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 14%
Student > Bachelor 5 7%
Researcher 4 6%
Unspecified 4 6%
Other 7 10%
Unknown 26 37%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 10 14%
Engineering 4 6%
Unspecified 4 6%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 4%
Design 3 4%
Other 15 21%
Unknown 31 44%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 April 2017.
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#12,972,426
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#332
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Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Health Geographics
#6
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