Active commuting and the health of workers

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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 201...

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Autores principales: Echeverría, Lucía, Gimenez-Nadal, J. Ignacio, Molina, José Alberto
Formato: Artículo publishedVersion
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
Materias:
Commuting
Salud
Trabajadores
Medios de Transporte
Acceso en línea:https://nulan.mdp.edu.ar/id/eprint/4010/
https://nulan.mdp.edu.ar/id/eprint/4010/1/echeverria-etal-2023.pdf
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spelling I29-R135-40102023-12-21T13:51:52Z Active commuting and the health of workers Echeverría, Lucía Gimenez-Nadal, J. Ignacio Molina, José Alberto 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. Elsevier 2023-07 https://nulan.mdp.edu.ar/id/eprint/4010/ application/pdf eng https://nulan.mdp.edu.ar/id/eprint/4010/1/echeverria-etal-2023.pdf Journal of Transport & Health, 31, Artículo 101626. ISSN 2214-1405. 10.1016/j.jth.2023.101626 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2023.101626> Estados Unidos 2014-2016 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jth.2023.101626 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Fil: Echeverría, Lucía. CONICET; Argentina. Fil: Gimenez-Nadal, J. Ignacio. University of Zaragoza. EDIS; Spain. Fil: Molina, José Alberto. University of Zaragoza. EDIS; Spain. Commuting Salud Trabajadores Medios de Transporte info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es
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topic Commuting
Salud
Trabajadores
Medios de Transporte
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Salud
Trabajadores
Medios de Transporte
Echeverría, Lucía
Gimenez-Nadal, J. Ignacio
Molina, José Alberto
Active commuting and the health of workers
topic_facet Commuting
Salud
Trabajadores
Medios de Transporte
description 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.
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