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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2018.19.6.493

The Mediating effect of Public Transportation Satisfaction on Body Mass Index according to Walking days in Korea middle aged  

Kim, Myung-Gwan (Graduate School of Department of Public Health, Kyungpook National University)
Lee, Eun-Ju (Department of Dental Hygiene, Busan Institute of Science and Technology)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.19, no.6, 2018 , pp. 493-499 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the mediating effects of walking days on body mass index (BMI) according to the public transportation satisfaction of middle aged Koreans aged 40-59 in Korea using the 2015 community health survey data. The purpose of this study was to provide basic data for provision of the neighborhood environment and support programs for the walking activity and promotion of daily walking activities among middle aged people. Among 228,558 individuals, 85,344 middle aged people aged 40-59 years were selected as final subjects for analysis. The data were analyzed with the open source statistics program R 3.4.1 to determine whether the number of walking days had a mediating effect on body mass index (BMI) as an independent variable. The Sobel test revealed that the number of walking days increased by B=0.010(p=.010), and that when the satisfaction with public transportation increased, B=-0.052 (p=.021), the number of walking days decreased by B=-0.038 (p=.001). To increase the number of walking days and decrease the body mass index by increasing public transportation satisfaction by increasing the use of public transportation, public transportation fare adequacy and access convenience among the public transportation satisfaction mentioned above should be improved more than the current level. It is not easy for individuals that live in small cities to reach their destination by public transportation after leaving the metropolitan area; therefore, improvement of public transportation systems is necessary to improve health.
Keywords
Community Health Survey; Walking Days; Public Transportation Satisfaction; Body Mass Index; Mediating Effect;
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