TY - JOUR
T1 - Socioeconomic status moderates the association between perceived environment and active commuting to school
AU - da Silva, Alexandre Augusto de Paula
AU - Fermino, Rogério César
AU - Souza, Carla Adriane
AU - Lima, Alex Vieira
AU - Rodriguez-Añez, Ciro Romelio
AU - Reis, Rodrigo Siqueira
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Revista de Saude Publica. 2019.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Objective: To analyze the moderator effect of socioeconomic status in the association between the perceived environment and active commuting to school. Methods: A total of 495 adolescents and their parents were interviewed. Perceived environment was operationalized in traffic and crime safety and assessed with the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale. Active commuting was self-reported by the adolescents, categorized in walking, bicycling or skating at least one time/week. Socioeconomic status was used as moderator effect, reported from adolescents' parents or guardians using Brazilian standardized socioeconomic status classification. Analyses were performed with Poisson regression on Stata 12.0. Results: Prevalence of active commuting was 63%. Adolescents with low socioeconomic status who reported "it is easy to observe pedestrians and cyclists" were more likely to actively commute to school (PR = 1.18, 95%CI 1.03-1.13). Adolescents with low socioeconomic status whose parents or legal guardians reported positively to "being safe crossing the streets" had increased probability of active commuting to school (PR = 1.10, 95%CI 1.01-1.20), as well as those with high socioeconomic status with "perception of crime" were positively associated to the outcome (PR = 1.33, 95%CI 1.03-1.72). Conclusions: Socioeconomic status showed moderating effects in the association between the perceived environment and active commuting to school.
AB - Objective: To analyze the moderator effect of socioeconomic status in the association between the perceived environment and active commuting to school. Methods: A total of 495 adolescents and their parents were interviewed. Perceived environment was operationalized in traffic and crime safety and assessed with the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale. Active commuting was self-reported by the adolescents, categorized in walking, bicycling or skating at least one time/week. Socioeconomic status was used as moderator effect, reported from adolescents' parents or guardians using Brazilian standardized socioeconomic status classification. Analyses were performed with Poisson regression on Stata 12.0. Results: Prevalence of active commuting was 63%. Adolescents with low socioeconomic status who reported "it is easy to observe pedestrians and cyclists" were more likely to actively commute to school (PR = 1.18, 95%CI 1.03-1.13). Adolescents with low socioeconomic status whose parents or legal guardians reported positively to "being safe crossing the streets" had increased probability of active commuting to school (PR = 1.10, 95%CI 1.01-1.20), as well as those with high socioeconomic status with "perception of crime" were positively associated to the outcome (PR = 1.33, 95%CI 1.03-1.72). Conclusions: Socioeconomic status showed moderating effects in the association between the perceived environment and active commuting to school.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Parent-child relations
KW - Social environment
KW - Socioeconomic factors
KW - Transportation
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85059829399
U2 - 10.11606/S1518-8787.2018052000189
DO - 10.11606/S1518-8787.2018052000189
M3 - Article
C2 - 30517519
AN - SCOPUS:85059829399
SN - 0034-8910
VL - 52
JO - Revista de saude publica
JF - Revista de saude publica
M1 - 93
ER -