Publication type
Conference Paper
Series Number
46
Series
Annual UTSG Conference
Authors
Publication date
January 15, 2014
Summary:
Recent research has indicated that changes in travel behaviour are more likely at the time of
major life events. However, there remains much to learn about the extent to which different
life events trigger behavioural change and the conditions under which life events are more
likely to trigger change. The UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS) offers a previously
unavailable opportunity to investigate this for a large, representative sample of the UK
population. We have also linked UKHLS data to local spatial data, drawn from the census
and other sources, to elucidate the effect of the spatial context on changes to travel
behaviour in association with life events. Findings from an exploratory analysis of UKHLS
waves 1 and 2 data are presented first. Transition tables demonstrate a strong association
between changes in car ownership and commute mode and the following life events:
employment changes, residential relocations, retirement, child birth and changes in
household structure. Results are then shown of logit models which relate the probability of
an increase and decrease in the number of cars owned to the occurrence of life events,
controlling for individual and household characteristics and spatial context. These show, for
example, that urbanizing and ruralizing moves have contrasting effects on travel behaviour.
Subjects
Link
http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/22312/
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