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This paper focuses on the intra-household interaction between husband and wife in dual income households and explores the difference of time and task allocation patterns between households that have children and households that do not have children. The authors identified thirteen distinct intra-household interaction patterns in allocating household tasks between husband and wife using latent class cluster analysis: six for couples without children and seven for couples with one child. One of the important differences between the clusters is that couples without children plan in-home activities and out-of-home independent activities on the same day or pursue joint activities together, but in households with one child, tasks such as providing ride for child, spending time with child for out-of-home activities, and purchasing activities are allocated either to the wife or to the husband leading to significantly different patterns and therefore clusters. In addition, the authors' analysis on time-space prism accessibility for each cluster shows that men and women seem to go through different transitions in terms of accessibility when they have children. The clusters clearly indicate that wives are more likely allocate their time for children in different ways than their husbands do, and this result implies that the way individuals experience the environments may be systematically different depending on their roles. Therefore, a more individualized and contextual approach is needed about household time and task allocation and accessibility. At the end of this paper, a few suggestions for further research and policy analyses about women’s travel and accessibility are provided.

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

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12-2668

English

24p

2012

Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Cluster analysis; Families; Gender; Households; Income; Travel patterns

Latent variables; Time-space prism; Within household interactions

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2012 Paper #12-2668

TRIS, TRB

Feb 8 2012 5:11PM