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Perceived Accessibility, Satisfaction with Daily Travel, and Life Satisfaction among the Elderly
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 16, Issue 22
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2019.
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Abstract
- People are living longer than they did previously, and the proportion of older people is increasing worldwide. This rapid development will have implications for the transport system, in general, and for travel behavior and accessibility to daily activities, in particular. In recent years, both research and politics have drawn the attention of the public to issues affecting the opportunities of the elderly to participate in everyday life. The debate has so far mostly focused on health issues, with limited work having been done on the ability of the elderly to live the lives they want to considering how they travel. With this view, a theoretical model, grounded in a model of travel and subjective wellbeing was developed to explore the role of perceived accessibility in satisfaction with travel and life satisfaction. Empirical data were collected from a sample of 2950 respondents (aged 60&ndash<br />92) from five cities in Northern Europe (Stockholm, Helsinki, Oslo, Copenhagen, Bergen) and analyzed using partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The findings confirmed the link between perceived accessibility, travel satisfaction, and life satisfaction. The findings also showed the role of sociodemographic and travel attributes in perceived accessibility and satisfaction with travel, as well as the moderating effects of different age groups. We conclude that this moderating role played by age clearly indicates that we should not treat the elderly as a homogenous group in research and transport planning.
- Subjects :
- PLS-SEM
Male
Gerontology
Activities of daily living
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Sample (statistics)
Personal Satisfaction
010501 environmental sciences
elderly
01 natural sciences
Article
Structural equation modeling
Elderly
Travel satisfaction
Activities of Daily Living
0502 economics and business
Psychology
Humans
Cities
Everyday life
life satisfaction
Aged
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Aged, 80 and over
Travel
050210 logistics & transportation
Transportation planning
Psykologi
05 social sciences
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
satisfaction with travel
Life satisfaction
Middle Aged
Europe
Travel behavior
daily travel
Female
human activities
perceived accessibility
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16604601
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ded1c4e033be99e27669a74b380d6972