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

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

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

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

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