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Differences in environmental preferences towards cycling for transport among adults : a latent class analysis

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Background: Increasing cycling for transport can contribute to improve public health among adults. Micro- environmental factors (i.e. small-scaled street-setting features) may play an important role in affecting the street’s appeal to cycle for transport. Understanding about the interplay between individuals and their physical environment is important to establish tailored environmental interventions. Therefore, the current study aimed to examine whether specific subgroups exist based on similarities in micro-environmental preferences to cycle for transport. Methods: Responses of 1950 middle-aged adults (45–65 years) on a series of choice tasks depicting potential cycling routes with manipulated photographs yielded three subgroups with different micro-environmental preferences using latent class analysis. Results: Although latent class analysis revealed three different subgroups in the middle-aged adult population based on their environmental preferences, results indicated that cycle path type (i.e. a good separated cycle path) is the most important environmental factor for all participants and certainly for individuals who did not cycle for transport. Furthermore, only negligible differences were found between the importances of the other micro-environmental factors (i.e. traffic density, evenness of the cycle path, maintenance, vegetation and speed limits) regarding the two at risk subgroups and that providing a speed bump obviously has the least impact on the street’s appeal to cycle for transport. Conclusions: Results from the current study indicate that only negligible differences were found between the three subgroups. Therefore, it might be suggested that tailored environmental interventions are not required in this research context.
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Biking, Transport, Adulthood, Built environment, Photographs, Subgroup, PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY, BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE, ACTIVE-TRANSPORT, HEALTH-BENEFITS, QUESTIONNAIRE, VALIDITY, RELIABILITY, WORK, DETERMINANTS, INVITINGNESS

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Mertens, Lieze, et al. “Differences in Environmental Preferences towards Cycling for Transport among Adults : A Latent Class Analysis.” BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, vol. 16, 2016, doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3471-5.
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Mertens, L., Van Cauwenberg, J., Ghekiere, A., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Deforche, B., Van de Weghe, N., & Van Dyck, D. (2016). Differences in environmental preferences towards cycling for transport among adults : a latent class analysis. BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3471-5
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Mertens, Lieze, Jelle Van Cauwenberg, Ariane Ghekiere, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Benedicte Deforche, Nico Van de Weghe, and Delfien Van Dyck. 2016. “Differences in Environmental Preferences towards Cycling for Transport among Adults : A Latent Class Analysis.” BMC PUBLIC HEALTH 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3471-5.
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Mertens, Lieze, Jelle Van Cauwenberg, Ariane Ghekiere, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Benedicte Deforche, Nico Van de Weghe, and Delfien Van Dyck. 2016. “Differences in Environmental Preferences towards Cycling for Transport among Adults : A Latent Class Analysis.” BMC PUBLIC HEALTH 16. doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3471-5.
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Mertens L, Van Cauwenberg J, Ghekiere A, De Bourdeaudhuij I, Deforche B, Van de Weghe N, et al. Differences in environmental preferences towards cycling for transport among adults : a latent class analysis. BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2016;16.
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L. Mertens et al., “Differences in environmental preferences towards cycling for transport among adults : a latent class analysis,” BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, vol. 16, 2016.
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Methods: Responses of 1950 middle-aged adults (45–65 years) on a series of choice tasks depicting potential cycling routes with manipulated photographs yielded three subgroups with different micro-environmental preferences using latent class analysis.
Results: Although latent class analysis revealed three different subgroups in the middle-aged adult population based on their environmental preferences, results indicated that cycle path type (i.e. a good separated cycle path) is the most important environmental factor for all participants and certainly for individuals who did not cycle for transport. Furthermore, only negligible differences were found between the importances of the other micro-environmental factors (i.e. traffic density, evenness of the cycle path, maintenance, vegetation and speed limits) regarding the two at risk subgroups and that providing a speed bump obviously has the least impact on the street’s appeal to cycle for transport.
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  journal      = {{BMC PUBLIC HEALTH}},
  keywords     = {{Biking,Transport,Adulthood,Built environment,Photographs,Subgroup,PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY,BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE,ACTIVE-TRANSPORT,HEALTH-BENEFITS,QUESTIONNAIRE,VALIDITY,RELIABILITY,WORK,DETERMINANTS,INVITINGNESS}},
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