Association of neighbourhood residence and preferences with the built environment, work-related travel behaviours, and health implications for employed adults: Findings from the URBAN study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1469-1476

  Badland, Hannah M ^a   Oliver, Melody ^b   Kearns, Robin A ^c   Mavoa, Suzanne ^a   Witten, Karen ^d   Duncan, Mitch J ^e   Batty, G David ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adults; Employed; Neighbourhood; New Zealand; Physical activity; Transport; Travel behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMMUTING; GIS; JOURNEY TO WORK; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PLACE PREFERENCE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SELF REPORT; SUBURBAN AREA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; WALKING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84864594028     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.05.029     Document Type: Article

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