Do aging populations have differential accessibility to activities? Analyzing the spatial structure of social, professional, and business opportunities

Horner, Mark W.; Duncan, Michael; Wood, Brittany S.; Valdez-Torres, Yazmin; Stansbury, Chris

doi:10.1016/j.tbs.2015.03.002

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“…The mobility and willingness to travel decreased as people aged (Johansson-Stenman, 2002;Collia et al, 2003;Somenahalli and Shipton, 2013;Figueroa et al, 2014). Therefore, to gain a deeper understanding of travel behavior of the elderly and examine how such behavior differed across age cohorts, this study followed similar studies (Alsnih and Hensher, 2003;Newbold et al, 2005;Horner et al, 2015) and categorized them into three finer cohorts: aged 60-69, 70-79, and 80 or above. After applying the expansion factors to the collected data for a better representation of the population's travel patterns, about 5.8 million more respondents with over 7.2 million expanded mechanized trips in a day were obtained for further statistical analysis.…”

Section: Trip Rate: How Many Trips Did the Elderly Travel By Mechanizmentioning

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Spatio-temporal travel characteristics of the elderly in an ageing society

Szeto

Yang

Wong

et al. 2017

Travel Behaviour and Society

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Hong Kong's population is ageing at an unprecedented and considerable rate, predominantly due to sustained low fertility and mortality rates. In 2013, the proportion of people aged 60 years or above was the second highest in Asia, exceeded only by that in Japan. Given that Hong Kong is a high-density, transit-oriented city, the predicted rapid growth of its elderly population is expected to significantly affect the existing public transport systems. To provide suitable policy recommendations that cater to the travel needs of an ageing society, we must investigate and understand the travel behavior and preferences of Hong Kong's elderly citizens. In this study, we extracted the household interview survey data from the 2011 Travel Characteristics Survey to identify the travel patterns of the elderly and compare them with other age cohorts and among subgroups of the elderly population. We visualize and uncover the spatio-temporal travel characteristics of the elderly, and offer policy insights that promote age-friendly public transport systems. We believe that the findings and discussions herein will prove useful in future studies aiming to establish effective and appropriate public transport policy measures to improve elderly mobility.

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Section: Trip Rate: How Many Trips Did the Elderly Travel By Mechanizmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spatio-temporal travel characteristics of the elderly in an ageing society

Szeto

Yang

Wong

et al. 2017

Travel Behaviour and Society

145

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“…Ageing is in general associated with decreased health, mobility and social participation, and changes in the size and composition of one’s social network (e.g., through retirement or loss of a partner), which impacts activities such as traveling and socializing, and consequently, quality of life. Several studies in transportation research have focused on travel behavior of older adults (e.g., Tacken, 1998 [ 5 ]; Alsnih and Hensher, 2003 [ 6 ]; Silvis and Niemeier, 2009 [ 7 ]; Mercado and Páez, 2009 [ 8 ]; Mohammadian et al , 2013 [ 9 ]; Horner et al , 2015 [ 10 ]). The literature shows that the elderly have become more mobile compared to earlier generations in terms of travel frequency, distance (e.g., Rosenbloom, 2001 [ 11 ]; Collia et al , 2003 [ 12 ]; Páez et al , 2006 [ 13 ]) and car ownership (Schmöcker et al , 2005 [ 14 ]; Bannister and Bowling, 2004 [ 15 ]; Newbold et al , 2005 [ 16 ]).…”

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Locations that Support Social Activity Participation of the Aging Population

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Kemperman²,

Kleijn³

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Social activities are an important aspect of health and quality of life of the aging population. They are key elements in the prevention of loneliness. In order to create living environments that stimulate older adults to engage in social activities, more insight is needed in the social activity patterns of the aging population. This study therefore analyzes the heterogeneity in older adults’ preferences for different social activity location types and the relationship between these preferences and personal and mobility characteristics. This is done using a latent class multinomial logit model based on two-day diary data collected in 2014 in Noord-Limburg in the Netherlands among 213 respondents aged 65 or over. The results show that three latent classes can be identified among the respondents who recorded social activities in the diary: a group that mainly socializes at home, a group that mainly socializes at a community center and a group that is more likely to socialize at public ‘third’ places. The respondents who did not record any interactions during the two days, are considered as a separate segment. Relationships between segment membership and personal and mobility characteristics were tested using cross-tabulations with chi-square tests and analyses of variance. The results suggest that both personal and mobility characteristics play an important role in social activity patterns of older adults.

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“…Due to mobility decline, old-aged people tend to lose autonomy [25,26]. Consequently, this has an impact on the quality and quantity of performed daily activities, which become fewer and more poorly executed.…”

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How Are Local Policies Promoting Older People’s Mobility? A Case Study

2018

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Aging populations pose a challenge to many policy areas. Although the importance of the built environment on citizens’ mobility and quality of life has been widely acknowledged in the literature, research focusing on elderly people is relatively recent and still scarce namely in Portugal. This article aims at understanding how local stakeholders perceive the built environment and occupational activities targeted to the elderly. The article focuses on the municipality of Viseu, a medium-sized city located in the NUTSII Centro Region of Portugal, considered twice to be the best city to live in in Portugal. Document analysis and face-to-face semi-structured interviews of local stakeholders were conducted. Findings show that there is still a need to take further policy steps to allow older adults to be more active and to promote the neighbourhood’s walkability.

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Do aging populations have differential accessibility to activities? Analyzing the spatial structure of social, professional, and business opportunities

Cited by 62 publications

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Spatio-temporal travel characteristics of the elderly in an ageing society

Spatio-temporal travel characteristics of the elderly in an ageing society

Locations that Support Social Activity Participation of the Aging Population

How Are Local Policies Promoting Older People’s Mobility? A Case Study

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