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Patterns of Active Commuting to School in Spanish Preschool Children and Its Associations with Socio-Economic Factors: The PREFIT Project

2021; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; Volume: 18; Issue: 21 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3390/ijerph182111180

1661-7827

Manuel Herrador‐Colmenero, Cristina Cadenas‐Sánchez, Idoia Labayen, Adrià Muntaner‐Mas, Diego Moliner‐Urdiales, Gabriel Lozano‐Berges, Pedro J. Benito, Manuel A. Rodríguez‐Pérez, Álvaro Delgado-Alfonso, Joaquín Sanchis‐Moysi, Vicente Martínez‐Vizcaíno, Palma Chillón,

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

The aims of this study were to describe patterns of active commuting to school (ACS) of preschool children, and to analyse the relationship between ACS and family socio-economic factors. A total of 2636 families of preschoolers (3-to-5 years old) were asked to complete a questionnaire at home about the mode of commuting to school of their children and marital status, educational level, and profession of both father and mother. Chi-square analyses were applied to compare ACS between school grades and gender of the children. To analyse the association of ACS with socio-economic factors, logistic regression analyses were performed. Almost 50% of participants reported ACS of their offspring, with a higher rate in 3rd preprimary grade (5 years old) than in 1st and 2nd preprimary grades (3- and 4-years old. All,