Table 3

Mode of transportation used by participants in Pretest 2 of the German National Cohort to reach the study centre Hannover

VariablesTransportation used
NCar (%)Public transport (%)Other* (%)p Value†
Overall155‡769.016
Sex0.28
 Male77746.520
 Female78771212
Age group (years)0.26
 20–291164279.1
 30–3914867.17.1
 40–4943742.323
 50–5940731018
 60–6947771111
Residence<0.0001
 Hannover62613.236
 Isernhagen3410000
 Lehrte3181163.2
 Neustadt2871253.6
  • *Includes motorcycle, bicycle, by foot and taxi.

  • †p Values for differences across the three transportation groups depicted in the table (Fisher's exact test).

  • ‡There were 11 missing values for the variable ‘transportation used’; hence, the overall number of participants (n=155) is lower than in table 1 (n=166).