QuickStats: Percentage of Children and Adolescents Aged 6–17 Years Who Have Roads, Sidewalks, Paths, or Trails Where They Can Walk or Ride a Bicycle, by Urban-Rural Status and Family Income

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During 2020, 88.7% of children and adolescents aged 6–17 years had roads, sidewalks, paths, or trails in their neighborhood or near their home where they could walk or ride a bicycle.
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Authors: Amanda E. Ng, MPH, and Dzifa Adjaye Gbewonyo, PhD

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The figure is a bar graph indicating the percentage of children and adolescents aged 6-17 years who have roads, sidewalks, paths, or trails where they can walk or ride a bicycle, by urban-rural status and family income in the United States during 2020, according to the National Health Interview Survey.
Percentage of children and adolescents 6–17 years with roads, sidewalks, paths, or trails where they can walk or ride a bicycle

During 2020, 88.7% of children and adolescents aged 6–17 years had roads, sidewalks, paths, or trails in their neighborhood or near their home where they could walk or ride a bicycle.

Availability of these spaces was less common among children and adolescents who lived in families with incomes <200% of FPL (85.6%) than among those in families with incomes ≥200% of FPL (90.5%) and was consistent among children and adolescents in both urban (89.4% versus 93.9%) and rural (64.9% versus 77.4%) areas.

Regardless of income, availability of spaces to walk or ride a bicycle was lower among children and adolescents living in rural areas (73.4%) than among those in urban areas (92.1%).

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7135a5.htm

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.

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