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Table 1
Residents of urban neighbourhoods are more likely to make physically active trips
Residents of urban neighbourhoods are more likely to make physically active trips
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| Residential density | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| High | Medium | Low† | |
| People doing… | |||
| Non-recreational travel by foot or by bicycle | |||
| Participation (%) | 30* | 18* | 14 |
| Average duration, all (minutes) | 11* | 5* | 4 |
| Average duration of participants1 (minutes) | 35* | 30 | 28 |
| Indoor cleaning | |||
| Participation (%) | 25 | 26 | 25 |
| Average duration, all (minutes) | 24 | 27 | 25 |
| Average duration of participants1 (minutes) | 96 | 105 | 101 |
| Gardening, yard work / outdoor cleaning | |||
| Participation (%) | 5* | 9* | 12 |
| Average duration, all (minutes) | 6* | 10* | 15 |
| Average duration of participants1 (minutes) | 118 | 111 | 123 |
| Physical activity in leisure/sports | |||
| Participation (%) | 25 | 24 | 25 |
| Average duration, all (minutes) | 27 | 23* | 28 |
| Average duration of participants1 (minutes) | 108 | 96* | 112 |
| All sources of physical activity (total) | |||
| Participation (%) | 60* | 57 | 56 |
| Average duration, all (minutes) | 67 | 66* | 72 |
| Average duration of participants1 (minutes) | 113* | 115* | 128 |
| 20 minutes or more of physical activity | |||
| Participation (%) | 53 | 51 | 52 |
| † reference group | |||
| * statistically significant difference from reference group at p < 0.05 | |||
| 1. Participants are those who spent one minute or more doing this activity on a diary day. | |||
| Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2005. | |||
