"How far do children travel from their homes? Exploring children's acti" by Karen Villanueva, Billie Giles-Corti et al.
 

How far do children travel from their homes? Exploring children's activity spaces in their neighborhood

Abstract

This study explored children's activity spaces. In 2007, children aged 10–12 years (n=1480) completed a survey and mapping activity, and wore a pedometer for seven days. Their parents completed a survey (n=1314). Over half traveled <25% of their ‘neighborhood’, defined as 800 m and 1600 m network buffers. More local destinations (boys β=−0.022; girls β=−0.013) and parent report of living on a busy road (girls β=−0.43) were associated with smaller activity spaces whereas being independently mobile resulted in larger (girls β=0.28) ones. Traditionally defined neighborhoods may not reflect children's movements. Freedom, fewer local destinations and traffic safety may be important for increasing spatial ranges.

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.09.019