Children: active travel to school in England 2012

This statistic displays participation in active travel to or from school among children in 2008 and 2012 in England, by gender. In the year 2012, 67 percent of girls and 64 percent of boys participated in active travel walking to or from school on at least one day during that week.

Participation in active travel to or from school among children in England in 2008 and 2012, by gender and travel method

Characteristic	Walking to/from school	Cycling to/from school
Boys (2008)	63%	5%
Boys (2012)	64%	6%
Girls (2008)	65%	2%
Girls (2012)	67%	1%

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Release date

December 2013

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2008 and 2012

Number of respondents

6,614*

Age group

2-15 years

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* Weighted bases: n (girls 2008) = 2,549, n (boys 2008) = 2,707, n (girls 2012) = 664, n (boys 2012) = 694.

The source provides the following information about the data:
The data includes children attending school, playgroup or nursery in the last week.
Bases given are for 'walking to/from school'. Bases for 'cycling to/from school' are of similar magnitude.
This statistic is using original data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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