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Automobile ownership plays an important role in determination of travel behavior. In contrast, gender difference is shown to be a significant factor in automobile choice behavior. The primary objective of this study was to identify influential factors that affect gender differences in automobile choice behavior. This study presents the process of developing mixed logit discrete choice models that control for gender to predict automobile type choice behavior. A variety of explanatory variables were used to provide a good model fit. Overall, the models demonstrate that gender-specific automobile type choice behavior is influenced by a wide variety of explanatory variables, including automobile attributes and household and individual characteristics.

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English

pp 41-48

2005

Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings

Conference on Research on Women's Issues in Transportation

0309093945

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Automobile ownership; Automobiles; Choice models; Gender; Households; Persons and personal characteristics; Vehicle characteristics

Discrete choice models; Mixed logit models

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

TRIS, TRB

Jan 30 2006 11:31AM

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