ADR Scotland study reveals mental health benefits of cycling to work
Categories: Research using linked data, In the media, Research findings, Data Insights, ADR Scotland, Health & wellbeing
15 January 2024
Researchers at ADR Scotland have shown a direct link between commuting by bicycle and improved mental health.
The study builds on previous ADR Scotland research, which used Census 2011 data to explore factors affecting people’s probability of cycling to work, such as distance to cycle path and gender.
The new findings show that cycling to work, when compared to all other modes of commute, reduces the likelihood of experiencing mental ill-health – specifically anxiety and depression.
Read the Data Insights to learn more. The findings have been published by the International Journal of Epidemiology and in news articles by The Independent and Daily Mail.
