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Addressing Commuting as a Public Health Issue: Strategies Should Differ by Rurality

Description
Analyzes 2017 County Health Rankings data for counties and county-like equivalents in the U.S. to examine the rate of solo car commuting and long solo car commutes by rurality. Describes differences in sociodemographic factors related to commuting behavior by rural and urban residence.
Author(s)
Carrie Henning-Smith, Katy Kozhimannil, Alex Evenson
Date
07/2018
Organization
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Tagged as
Population health · Public health · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Transportation

Organizations (1)

  • University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center, view details