Active commuting and the health of workers

Echeverría, L. ; Giménez-Nadal, J. I. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Molina, J. A. (Universidad de Zaragoza)
Active commuting and the health of workers
Resumen: 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.
Idioma: Inglés
DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2023.101626
Año: 2023
Publicado en: Journal of Transport & Health 31 (2023), 101626 [18 pp.]
ISSN: 2214-1405

Factor impacto JCR: 3.2 (2023)
Categ. JCR: PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH rank: 104 / 403 = 0.258 (2023) - Q2 - T1
Categ. JCR: TRANSPORTATION rank: 29 / 57 = 0.509 (2023) - Q3 - T2

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 6.1 - Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (Q1) - Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q1) - Safety Research (Q1) - Health Policy (Q1) - Transportation (Q2) - Pollution (Q2)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.889 - Health Policy (Q1) - Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q1) - Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (Q1) - Safety Research (Q1) - Transportation (Q2) - Pollution (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S32-20R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2019-108348RA-I00
Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)
Área (Departamento): Área Fund. Análisis Económico (Dpto. Análisis Económico)

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