The Role of Driving in Maintaining Mobility in Later Life: A European View

Mollenkopf, Hans-Joachim; Marcellini, Francesca; Ruoppila, I.; Széman, Zsuzsa; Tacken, M; Kaspar, Roman; Wahl, Hans‐Werner

doi:10.4017/gt.2002.01.04.003.00

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“…In rural areas the most satisfied were the Finns (8.1) and the Dutch (7.8). The older age cohort was generally less satisfied than the younger, and rural women the least satisfied of all (for more details see Mollenkopf et al 2002). Compared with these figures, satisfaction with public transport is low, particularly in rural areas (mean 4.9 in Italy, 6.6 in eastern Germany and Hungary).…”

Section: Trip Making Of the Elderlymentioning

confidence: 89%

“…Some elderly persons have such difficulty with mobility that they have no alternative but to stay at home although they wish to go out. Our data suggest that many older persons want to be more often mobile outdoors and participate in leisure activities but are unable to do so because their physical mobility is poor (Mollenkopf et al 2002). Mobility, especially in certain kinds of physical activities, also effects on health.…”

Section: Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The final goal was to identify how quality of life in old age depends on outof-home mobility and on mobility-related personal and environmental factors. This study examined whether personal and structural characteristics can be used to differentiate groups among the elderly who differ in their out-of-home mobility and consequent satisfaction (for further project foci see Mollenkopf et al 2002Mollenkopf et al , 2003Mollenkopf et al , 2004aMollenkopf et al , 2004bMollenkopf et al , 2004cRuoppila et al 2003) The data from the research project reflect diverse European realities in which today's and tomorrow's ageing takes place. Resources for mobility on the personal, environmental and technological levels are distributed very differently between European countries and also urban and non-urban regions within these countries.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

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Social and behavioural science perspectives on out-of-home mobility in later life: findings from the European project MOBILATE

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Out-of-home mobility is a crucial prerequisite for autonomy and well-being. The European research project entitled Enhancing Mobility in Later Life: Personal Coping, Environmental Resources, and Technical Support (MOBILATE), funded within the European Commission's Fifth Framework Programme, focused on older adults' day-to-day mobility and the complex interplay between their personal resources and resources of their physical and social environments. A survey conducted in 2000 in urban and rural areas of five European countries (Finland, The Netherlands, Germany, Hungary and Italy) with various geographical, structural, and cultural conditions enabled us to compare patterns of older men's and women's actual mobility in different regional settings. The sample included =3,950 randomly selected persons aged 55 years or older, stratified according to gender and age. Standardised questionnaires and a diary were used to assess the persons' socio-structural, health-related, psychological and social resources as well as features of the community that may affect their options of realising outdoor oriented needs. The findings confirm that a person's physical, economic, social and technical resources as well as the structural resources prevailing in the area in which he or she lives in are decisive preconditions of out-of-home mobility. Older persons living singly, women, persons with impaired health and low economic resources, and the rural elderly tend to be particularly at risk of losing their abilities to move about. We conclude that further support and stimulation for enhancing out-of-home mobility in later life must focus as much on transport policy measures as on appropriate social policy measures.

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Section: Trip Making Of the Elderlymentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…Barresi et al 1983Barresi et al -1984Baldassare et al 1984;Golant 1986Golant , 2004Farquhar 1995;Lamb 1996;Veenhoven 1996;Wenger 1997;Smith et al 1999;Cvitkovich and Wister 2001;Ferna´ndez-Ballesteros et al 2001;Evans et al 2002;Diener et al 2003;Oswald et al 2003) as well as in our previous research (e.g. Mollenkopf et al 2002Mollenkopf et al , 2004. In addition to objective conditions, subjective evaluations were included where applicable.…”

Section: Mobility and Activity Aspectsmentioning

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Ageing in rural areas of East and West Germany: increasing similarities and remaining differences

Mollenkopf

Kaspar

2005

Eur J Ageing

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“…Older individuals with a driver's license and access to a private automobile travel more than those with no car at their disposal. Because the current generation of older women has less education, a lower income, and less likelihood of having a driver's license than men of the same age, it is not surprising that they use public transportation more than men do, whereas older men use the car more often, take more trips, and travel more miles than older women (see e.g., Banister & Bowling, 2004;ECMT, 2000;Marottoli et al, 1997;Mollenkopf et al, 2002;Owsley, 2002;Rosenbloom, 2004).…”

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Continuity and Change in Older Adults’ Out-of-Home Mobility Over Ten Years: A Qualitative-Quantitative Approach

Mollenkopf

Hieber

Wahl

2017

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Both the ability and the opportunity to move about constitute essential requisites to older adults' independent living and societal participation. The ability-that is the fundamental physical capacity-to move is a basic human need and essential to personal health (e.g., Heikkinen et al., 1992; U.S. Department of Transportation, 2003). In that sense, declining mobility has been understood predominantly as a physical health and geriatric issue. For decades, a broad range of research has been conducted to understand, among other things, the increasing decline in mobility performance, including decrements in sensory abilities and sensorimotor integration, loss of motor control and voluntary strength, slowing motor action and speed of processing. shrinking range of motion and flexibility, and decreasing ability to stabilize

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The Role of Driving in Maintaining Mobility in Later Life: A European View

Cited by 30 publications

References 19 publications

Social and behavioural science perspectives on out-of-home mobility in later life: findings from the European project MOBILATE

Social and behavioural science perspectives on out-of-home mobility in later life: findings from the European project MOBILATE

Ageing in rural areas of East and West Germany: increasing similarities and remaining differences

Continuity and Change in Older Adults’ Out-of-Home Mobility Over Ten Years: A Qualitative-Quantitative Approach

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