Jerome N. Rachele|Anne Kavanagh|Hannah Badland|Billie Giles-Corti|Simon Washington|Gavin Turrell
Associations between individual socioeconomic position, neighbourhood disadvantage and transport mode: baseline results from the HABITAT multilevel study
Queensland University of Technology|University of Melbourne|Victorian Health Promotion Foundation|University of Melbourne|Victorian Health Promotion Foundation|University of Melbourne|Queensland University of Technology|Queensland University of Technology
understanding different socioeconomic indicators associated transport modes provide insight interventions might contribute reducing socioeconomic inequalities health purpose study examine associations neighbourhoodlevel socioeconomic disadvantage individuallevel socioeconomic position sep usual transport modethis investigation included 11036 residents 200 neighbourhoods brisbane australia respondents selfreported usual transport mode car motorbike public transport walking cycling indicators individuallevel sep education occupation household income neighbourhood disadvantage measured using censusderived index data analysed using multilevel multinomial logistic regression high sep respondents residents advantaged neighbourhoods used private motor vehicle usual form transport reference categorycompared driving motor vehicle odds using public transport higher white collar employees 168 95 cri 141201 members lower income households 171 95 cri 125230 residents disadvantaged neighbourhoods 193 95 cri 146254 lower respondents certificatelevel education 060 95 cri 049074 blue collar workers 063 95 cri 050081 odds walking transport higher least educated 158 95 cri 118211 labour force 194 95 cri 138272 members lower income households 210 95 cri 123364 residents disadvantaged neighbourhoods 273 95 cri 146524 odds cycling lower among less educated groups 031 95 cri 019048the relationships socioeconomic characteristics transport modes complex provide challenges attempting encourage active forms transportation work required exploring individuallevel neighbourhoodlevel mechanisms behind choice transport mode factors might influence individuals different socioeconomic backgrounds change active transport modes