126777 20241125101139.0 doi 10.1016/j.jth.2023.101626 sideral 134193 ART-2023-134193 eng Echeverría, L. Active commuting and the health of workers 2023 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted 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. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S32-20R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2019-108348RA-I00 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 3.2 2023 TRANSPORTATION 29 / 58 = 0.5 2023 Q2 T2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 105 / 408 = 0.257 2023 Q2 T1 0.889 2023 Health Policy 2023 Q1 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2023 Q1 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2023 Q1 Safety Research 2023 Q1 Transportation 2023 Q2 Pollution 2023 Q2 6.1 2023 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Giménez-Nadal, J. I. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-1610-5451 Molina, J. A. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-9437-4606 4000 415 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Análisis Económico Área Fund. Análisis Económico 31 (2023), 101626 [18 pp.] J. transp. health Journal of Transport & Health 2214-1405 881651 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/126777/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 1717063 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/126777/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:126777 articulos driver 2024-11-22-12:02:04 ARTICLE