Active travel as stable source of physical activity for one third of German adults: Evidence from longitudinal data

Ralph Buehler, Tobias Kuhnimhof, Adrian Bauman and Christine Eisenmann

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2019, vol. 123, issue C, 105-118

Abstract: Walking and cycling—active travel—can help adults achieve the World Health Organization’s recommended 150+ min of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity per week. Based on a nationally representative panel-survey of daily travel in Germany, this study assesses weekly minutes of active travel by adult respondents participating in a weeklong survey in two consecutive years. The paper first identifies person-level covariates for achieving 150+ min of active travel during a week in year 1 of panel participation. The analysis then compares the patterns of individuals falling into four groups of active travel over the two survey years: ‘high maintainers’ who achieved 150+ min in both year 1 and year 2; ‘low maintainers’ who did not achieve 150+ min in neither year 1 nor year 2; ‘adopters’ who did not achieve 150+ min in year 1, but did so in year 2; and ‘relapsers’ who achieved 150+ min in year 1, but not in year 2.

Keywords: German mobility panel; Active travel; Physical activity; Maintenance; Stability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2018.09.022

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