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Table 2 Travel for medical or dental care, by trip and community characteristics, NHTS 2001*

From: Effects of residence and race on burden of travel for care: cross sectional analysis of the 2001 US National Household Travel Survey

Characteristics of Trip

       
 

Distribution all trips, %

Miles per trip

SE

P value

Minutes per trip

SE

P value

Mode of Travel

   

< 0.0001

  

0.0069

   Personal Vehicle

93.78

10.56

0.33

 

21.57

0.47

 

   Public/Walk/Other

6.22

4.08

0.65

 

28.96

2.68

 

Driver/Passenger Status

   

< 0.0001

  

< 0.0001

   Passenger

33.75

12.03

0.56

 

23.49

0.76

 

   Not Passenger

60.12

9.76

0.29

 

20.52

0.40

 

   Public/Walk/Other

6.13

3.74

0.62

 

28.79

2.70

 

Day of Week

   

0.1540

  

0.5368

   Business Day (Mon.- Friday)

76.44

9.86

0.34

 

21.88

0.54

 

   Weekend (Saturday- Sunday)

23.56

11.11

0.78

 

22.53

0.93

 

Time of Day

   

< 0.0001

  

0.0001

   Midnight – 8 am

6.25

16.93

2.20

 

30.18

2.97

 

   Business Hours (8 am – 5 pm)

90.53

9.82

0.33

 

21.65

0.51

 

   5 pm – Midnight

3.22

6.55

0.89

 

16.79

1.74

 

Characteristics of Community

       

Traffic Conditions

   

0.7084

  

0.2450

   Yes

26.42

9.99

0.50

 

22.71

0.67

 

   No

73.58

10.22

0.37

 

21.79

0.56

 

Region

   

< 0.0001

  

0.0081

   Northeast

19.45

7.10

0.49

 

19.86

0.83

 

   South

21.78

10.49

0.51

 

20.59

0.70

 

   Midwest

35.49

11.56

0.56

 

23.32

0.69

 

   West

23.28

10.26

0.88

 

23.22

1.44

 

Job density

   

< 0.0001

  

0.0007

   Low

22.33

16.42

1.03

 

26.12

1.24

 

   Median

24.52

9.73

0.62

 

21.32

1.26

 

   High

24.63

9.18

0.68

 

21.27

1.10

 

   Very High

28.53

6.47

0.35

 

20.10

0.63

 
  1. * Estimates are weighted to be nationally representative; they are based on 3,914 observations.