Does mental health influence commuters’ mode choice? A cross-sectional assessment from the Netherlands

IF 3.2 3区工程技术 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Journal of Transport & Health Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI:10.1016/j.jth.2024.101964

Jiakun Liu, Dick Ettema, Marco Helbich

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Abstract

Background

People's mental health may play a role in influencing their travel behaviors; however, few studies have quantified the association between mental health and commuting mode choice.

Objective

This study examined 1) how mental health is associated with commute mode choice and 2) whether gender differences exist.

Data and methods

We used cross-sectional data from a population-representative sample of 7,280 adults aged 18–65 from the Netherlands. We applied multilevel multinomial logit regression models to investigate the associations between commuting mode choice and self-perceived mental health controlled for multiple person-level and built environmental characteristics. We also assessed possible effect modification by gender.

Results

Our covariate-adjusted regression results based on the entire sample showed no compelling evidence for an association between self-perceived mental health and commute mode choice. While we found null associations between mental health and commute mode choice for women, stratified analyses showed that men with relatively poorer mental health were likelier to commute via bus/tram.

Conclusion

Our cross-sectional findings weakly support the notion that men's mental health may be related to commute mode choice and no such relationship was found for women. However, we advocate more research before ruling out the possibility of complex interactions between mental health and commuting behavior.

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心理健康是否会影响通勤者的出行方式选择？来自荷兰的横断面评估

人们的心理健康状况可能会影响他们的旅游行为；然而，很少有研究量化心理健康与通勤方式选择之间的关系。目的探讨心理健康与通勤方式选择的关系，以及性别差异是否存在。数据和方法我们使用了来自荷兰的7280名18-65岁成年人的人口代表性样本的横断面数据。本研究采用多水平多项logit回归模型，探讨了通勤方式选择与多个体水平和环境特征控制下的自我感知心理健康之间的关系。我们还评估了性别对效果的影响。结果基于整个样本的协变量调整回归结果显示，没有令人信服的证据表明自我感知的心理健康与通勤方式选择之间存在关联。虽然我们发现女性的心理健康与通勤方式选择之间没有关联，但分层分析表明，心理健康状况相对较差的男性更有可能乘坐公共汽车/有轨电车通勤。结论我们的横断面研究结果很弱地支持了男性心理健康可能与通勤方式选择有关的观点，而在女性中没有发现这种关系。然而，我们主张在排除心理健康和通勤行为之间复杂相互作用的可能性之前进行更多的研究。

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