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The purpose of this research is to extend the research on gender differences in activity and travel patterns in the Arab world by studying in depth the interrelationship between various socioeconomic and demographic variables, car ownerships, activity patterns and travel characteristics. For this purpose, a unique data set from three Arab villages in the Galilee region in Israel was collected. Using structural equations modeling, it was found that gender and income play an important role in how people travel to and participate in activities. Older men with high income and who own a car tend to drive outside the city to work. Young men, who don't drive, spend less time outside the city. Women usually don't drive, don't work outside the city, and engage in non‐work activities inside the village especially if they have school‐aged children. Their commute pattern is becoming more complex due to an increasing tendency to include child‐serving stops. The analysis indicates that residents use a sequential decision process. The process begins with user background and log‐term decisions to decide to own automobiles or not. The decision is then made to travel out of their village for work or to stay within the village for other daily activities, and to spend more time on activities there.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABE70 Women's Issues in Transportation.

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13-4244

English

26p

2013

Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Activity choices; Automobile ownership; Demographics; Gender; Social factors; Socioeconomic factors; Travel behavior; Travel patterns

Arabs

Galilee (Israel)

Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2013 Paper #13-4244

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Feb 5 2013 12:49PM