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Table 2 Sociodemographic inequities (%; 95 %CI) of the population according to no-active transportation (< 10 continuous minutes)

From: Sociodemographic inequities and active transportation in adults from Latin America: an eight-country observational study

Variables

Walking

Cycling

Total

Total

46.8 (45.7; 47.9)

94.0 (93.6; 94.5)

44.2 (43.1; 45.3)

Countries

  Argentina

52.1 (49.2; 55.0)

92.6 (91.3; 94.0)

48.7 (45.8; 51.6)

  Brazil

50.7 (48.5; 53.1)

93.2 (92.2; 94.3)

47.8 (45.5; 50.2)

  Chile

47.2 (43.8; 50.7)

91.6 (89.9; 93.4)

43.2 (39.8; 46.7)

  Colombia

44.4 (41.5; 47.3)

93.4 (92.1; 94.8)

42.2 (39.4; 45.2)

  Costa Rica

39.3 (35.9; 43.0)

89.6 (87.6; 91.7 )

34.8 (31.5; 38.3)

  Ecuador

30.2 (26.9; 33.6)

95.9 (94.6; 97.2)

28.6 (25.4; 31.9)

  Peru

39.5 (36.5; 42.5)

96.8 (95.9; 97.8)

38.1 (35.2; 41.2)

  Venezuela

60.3 (57.3; 63.3)

98.5 (97.9; 99.2)

59.0 (56.0; 62.1)

Sex

  Men

47.6 (46.1; 49.2)

90.3 (89.4; 91.1)

43.3 (41.8; 44.9)

  Women

46.1 (40.8; 54.0)

97.5 (97.0; 97.9)

45.0 (43.5; 46.5)

Age group

  18–30 years

45.3 (43.5; 47.0)

92.9 (92.1; 93.7)

42.0 (40.3; 43.7)

  30–49 years

48.2 (46.5; 49.9)

94.7 (94.1; 95.4)

46.0 (44.3; 47.7)

  50–65 years

47.1 (44.7; 49.5)

94.7 (93.7; 95.6)

44.8 (42.5; 47.2)

Ethnicity

  Caucasian

52.1 (50.3; 53.9)

93.9 (93.1; 94.7)

49.2 (47.4; 51.0)

  Black

46.4 (42.3; 50.7)

92.4 (90.5; 94.6)

43.2 (39.0; 47.4)

  Mixed

43.6 (42.1; 45.1)

94.6 (94.0; 95.2)

41.2 (39.7; 42.7)

  Other

40.5 (35.0; 46.5)

91.7 (89.0; 94.8)

37.9 (32.4; 43.8)

Socioeconomic level

  Low

45.7 (42.3; 49.2)

94.8 (93.4; 96.2)

43.1 (39.7; 46.6)

  Middle

46.3 (44.6; 48.1)

93.8 (93.1; 94.6)

43.7 (42.0; 45.5)

  High

47.4 (45.9; 48.9)

94.0 (93.4; 94.7)

44.7 (43.2; 46.2)

Education level

  Low

46.6 (45.2; 48.0)

93.1 (92.5; 93.8)

47.6 (38.8; 58.2)

  Middle

46.5 (44.6; 48.6)

95.5 (94.8; 96.3)

43.4 (42.0; 44.8)

  High

49.0 (45.6; 52.5)

95.1 (93.8; 96.5)

44.8 (42.9; 46.8)

Transport mode

  Public

43.6 (42.2; 45.0)

95.3 (94.7; 95.8)

41.5 (40.1; 42.9)

  Private

52.9 (50.8; 55.1)

95.6 (94.8; 96.4)

50.6 (48.4; 52.8)

  Other

45.8 (42.7; 49.0)

82.3 (80.0; 84.6)

38.8 (35.8; 41.9)

Public transport use

  ≤ 2 days/week

51.5 (49.8; 53.2)

92.9 (92.1; 93.7)

48.4 (46.7; 50.1)

  3–5 days/week

44.8 (42.8; 46.9)

95.5 (94.8; 96.3)

42.7 (40.7; 44.8)

  ≥ 6 days/week

42.6 (40.8; 44.4)

94.1 (93.3; 94.9)

40.1 (38.3; 42.0)

Private transport use

  ≤ 2 days/week

43.5 (42.1; 44.9)

93.2 (92.5; 93.8)

40.5 (39.1; 41.9)

  3–5 days/week

44.8 (41.7; 47.9)

95.9 (94.9; 97.1)

42.6 (39.6; 45.8)

  ≥ 6 days/week

44.8 (41.7; 47.9)

94.8 (94.0; 95.5)

51.3 (49.4; 53.3)

  1. Other ethnicity (Asian, Indigenous, Gypsy, and other)