Travel behaviour and health: Interaction of Activity-Travel Pattern, Travel Parameter and Physical Intensity

Health and transport are interlinked with each other at many stages such as, transport influence health, whereas health influences transport options, which show that health is a permanent constraint. This study aims to investigate the interaction between activity-travel participation, built environment, leisure-time physical activity, and health parameters in Bandung Metropolitan Area (BMA) Indonesia,  using simple regression analysis. Active transport is used to mediate the relationship between activity-travel pattern, built environment, and health variables. In the current study, comprehensive panel data were collected at a household level, including detailed travel behaviour variables and comprehensive in-home and out-of-home activities, the rate of physical activities, travel parameters, as well as health-related quality of life (QoL) information in twenty-one consecutive days in 2013. A total of 400 respondents were recorded, which represented 0.015% of the total population of Bandung, Indonesia. The data was analyzed through the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 26.0.0) software using descriptive and simple linear regression analysis. The analysis of the collected data indicated that those who demonstrate a propensity attached to use non-motorized transport were significantly correlated with better physical health and a significant reduction in the use of motorized mode. Furthermore, undertaking discretionary out-of-home activities and spending more time on leisure, sports, and grocery shopping tends to be positively correlated with a better physical health condition. Besides, using auxiliary time in social activities was significantly correlated with better social health.