TRB Pubsindex
Text Size:
x

« Prev Next »

Return to Results | New Search

Bookmark and Share

Title:

Relationship Between Well-Being and Daily Time Use of Elderly: Evidence from Disabilities and Use of Time Survey

Accession Number:

01559080

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

According to US Census Bureau, the number of individuals in the age group above 65 years is expected to increase by more than 100% from the year 2000 to 2030. It is anticipated that increasing elderly population will put unforeseen demands on the transportation infrastructure due to the atypical mobility and travel needs of the elderly. Therefore, it is important to better understand the activity-travel engagement behaviors of the elderly so transportation professionals can build infrastructure that is efficient, safe, secure, and equitable to all demographic groups including the elderly. The goal of the current research was to contribute to this line of inquiry by exploring the daily activity engagement choices of the elderly Americans including their activity participation (what activities to pursue) and time use (duration of each activity) decisions. Further, the study also attempted to explore the relationship between physical and subjective well-being and daily activity engagement decisions of the elderly. To this end, data from the Disabilities and Use of Time (DUST) survey of Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) was used to estimate a panel version of MDCEV model. In addition to person- and household-level demographic variables, a range of physical and subjective well-being measures were found to influence both the activity participation and time use choices of elderly. The model estimation results were plausible and provide interesting insights into the activity engagement choices of the elderly with implications for transportation policy development.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADB10 Traveler Behavior and Values.

Monograph Accession #:

01550057

Report/Paper Numbers:

15-3092

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Enam, Annesha
Konduri, Karthik C
Eluru, Naveen
Ravulaparthy, Srinath

Pagination:

19p

Publication Date:

2015

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2015-1-11 to 2015-1-15
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Activity; Well-being

Subject Areas:

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2015 Paper #15-3092

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 30 2014 1:02PM