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Table 3 Multilevel linear regression models (b coefficient (95 %CI)) between sociodemographic inequities and walking for active transportation

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

Sociodemographic inequities

Overall

Sex a

  Women

1

  Men

0.79 (-0.66; 2.24)

Age group b

  50–65 years

1

  30–49 years

-0.01 (-1.98; 1.96)

  18–30 years

-0.58 (-2.56; 1.41)

Ethnicity c

  Caucasian

1

  Black

2.47 (-0.57; 5.51)

  Mixed

3.30 (1.74; 4.85)

  Other

5.37 (1.29; 9.45)

Socioeconomic level d

  Low

1

  Middle

1.50 (-0.09; 3.09)

  High

2.82 (0.10; 5.54)

Education level e

  Low

1

  Middle

-2.45 (-4.14; -0.76)

  High

-3.49 (-6.19; -0.79)

Transport mode f

  Public

1

  Private

-9.13 (-15.11; -3.15)

  Other

4.85 (-1.09; 10.80)

Public transport use f

  ≤ 2 days/week

1

  3–5 days/week

7.06 (2.45; 11.67)

  ≥ 6 days/week

13.64 (5.57; 21.71)

Private transport use f

  ≤ 2 days/week

1

  –5 days/week

-2.60 (-5.90; 1.30)

  ≥ 6 days/week

-3.61 (-6.91; -0.31)

  1. Multilevel linear regression models, including region and cities as random effects:
  2. a Adjustment: country, age, ethnicity, socioeconomic and education level;
  3. b Adjustment: country, sex, ethnicity, socioeconomic and education level;
  4. c Adjustment: country, sex, age, socioeconomic and education level;
  5. d Adjustment: country, sex, age, ethnicity, and education level;
  6. e Adjustment: country, sex, age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic level;
  7. f Adjustment: country, sex, age, ethnicity, socioeconomic, and education level;
  8. CI confidence interval
  9. Other ethnicity (Asian, Indigenous, Gypsy, and other)