Active commuting and the health of workers

Autores
Echeverría, Lucía; Gimenez Nadal, J. Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto
Año de publicación
2023
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inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
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Introduction: Research has shown that commuting is related to the health of workers, and that mode choice may have a range of effects on this relationship. We analyze the relationship between active commuting (walking and cycling) and the health status reported by US workers. Methods: We use the 2014–2016 Eating and Health (EH) Module of the American Time Use Survey (ATUS). We estimate Ordinary Least Squares models on a measure of subjective health that is the self-reported assessment of individual general health status, and on the body mass index. Results: longer commutes by bicycle are significantly related to higher levels of subjective health and to lower body mass index, while commuting by walking is only weakly related to both health measures. We test the robustness of our results to possible measurement error in commuting times, to the exclusion of compensating factors, to the estimation method, and to the inclusion of time devoted to leisure-based physical activities. Conclusions: Our results may help policy makers in evaluating the importance of infrastructures that facilitate the use of bicycles as a means of transport, boosting investment in these infrastructures, especially in larger cities.
Fil: Echeverría, Lucía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina
Fil: Gimenez Nadal, J. Ignacio. Universidad de Zaragoza; España
Fil: Molina, José Alberto. Universidad de Zaragoza; España
Materia
AMERICAN TIME USE SURVEY
COMMUTING
CYCLING
HEALTH
WALKING
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acceso abierto
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spelling Active commuting and the health of workersEcheverría, LucíaGimenez Nadal, J. IgnacioMolina, José AlbertoAMERICAN TIME USE SURVEYCOMMUTINGCYCLINGHEALTHWALKINGhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5Introduction: Research has shown that commuting is related to the health of workers, and that mode choice may have a range of effects on this relationship. We analyze the relationship between active commuting (walking and cycling) and the health status reported by US workers. Methods: We use the 2014–2016 Eating and Health (EH) Module of the American Time Use Survey (ATUS). We estimate Ordinary Least Squares models on a measure of subjective health that is the self-reported assessment of individual general health status, and on the body mass index. Results: longer commutes by bicycle are significantly related to higher levels of subjective health and to lower body mass index, while commuting by walking is only weakly related to both health measures. We test the robustness of our results to possible measurement error in commuting times, to the exclusion of compensating factors, to the estimation method, and to the inclusion of time devoted to leisure-based physical activities. Conclusions: Our results may help policy makers in evaluating the importance of infrastructures that facilitate the use of bicycles as a means of transport, boosting investment in these infrastructures, especially in larger cities.Fil: Echeverría, Lucía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; ArgentinaFil: Gimenez Nadal, J. Ignacio. Universidad de Zaragoza; EspañaFil: Molina, José Alberto. Universidad de Zaragoza; EspañaElsevier2023-07info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/222489Echeverría, Lucía; Gimenez Nadal, J. Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; Active commuting and the health of workers; Elsevier; Journal of Transport and Health; 31; 7-2023; 1-182214-1405CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jth.2023.101626info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:05:21Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/222489instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:05:21.451CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
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title Active commuting and the health of workers
spellingShingle Active commuting and the health of workers
Echeverría, Lucía
AMERICAN TIME USE SURVEY
COMMUTING
CYCLING
HEALTH
WALKING
title_short Active commuting and the health of workers
title_full Active commuting and the health of workers
title_fullStr Active commuting and the health of workers
title_full_unstemmed Active commuting and the health of workers
title_sort Active commuting and the health of workers
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Echeverría, Lucía
Gimenez Nadal, J. Ignacio
Molina, José Alberto
author Echeverría, Lucía
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Gimenez Nadal, J. Ignacio
Molina, José Alberto
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Molina, José Alberto
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv AMERICAN TIME USE SURVEY
COMMUTING
CYCLING
HEALTH
WALKING
topic AMERICAN TIME USE SURVEY
COMMUTING
CYCLING
HEALTH
WALKING
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Introduction: Research has shown that commuting is related to the health of workers, and that mode choice may have a range of effects on this relationship. We analyze the relationship between active commuting (walking and cycling) and the health status reported by US workers. Methods: We use the 2014–2016 Eating and Health (EH) Module of the American Time Use Survey (ATUS). We estimate Ordinary Least Squares models on a measure of subjective health that is the self-reported assessment of individual general health status, and on the body mass index. Results: longer commutes by bicycle are significantly related to higher levels of subjective health and to lower body mass index, while commuting by walking is only weakly related to both health measures. We test the robustness of our results to possible measurement error in commuting times, to the exclusion of compensating factors, to the estimation method, and to the inclusion of time devoted to leisure-based physical activities. Conclusions: Our results may help policy makers in evaluating the importance of infrastructures that facilitate the use of bicycles as a means of transport, boosting investment in these infrastructures, especially in larger cities.
Fil: Echeverría, Lucía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina
Fil: Gimenez Nadal, J. Ignacio. Universidad de Zaragoza; España
Fil: Molina, José Alberto. Universidad de Zaragoza; España
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