Assessing Seasonal and Climate-Related Variability in Rates of Walking and Physical Activity With Time Use Data

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• Creators:
  Spencer, Phoebe ; Aultman-Hall, Lisa
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Vermont. Transportation Research Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Climate
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • Nonmotorized transportation
  • Pedestrians
  • Regression analysis
  • Seasons
  • Surveys
  • Walking
• Publication/ Report Number:
  UVM TRC Report # 19-001
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Vermont. Transportation Research Center
• Abstract:
  Levels of walking as an activity that impacts health and quality of life is related to socioeconomic status and home location but the impacts of climate, season, and weather on walking have been largely understudied in both the transportation planning and public health professions. This paper assesses seasonal and climatic effects on walking related activities and demonstrates the utility of the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) for active transportation research as few such applications exist. ATUS is used to observe and analyze the seasonality of pedestrianism and general physical activity nation-wide by measuring the effect of month and climate region while controlling for sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents and their household using statistical regressions. The results suggest that both weather and culture influence levels of active transportation and recreation.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/65994/dot_65994_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 523.93 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:213ecb5cac131c465eaf63c1b741b04a12ffecde045d0ffdd757d99e2c06edb395166f2096eef3adc3094b020a9ef9649440c1a5ad0255036963eaf8cfeee7f3