Transportation patterns demonstrate inequalities in community participation for working-age Americans with disabilities
| Autor: | Debra L. Brucker, Megan Henly |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Gerontology
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| Zdroj: | Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 130:93-106 |
| ISSN: | 0965-8564 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tra.2019.09.042 |
| Popis: | This paper utilizes newly available data from the 2017 National Household Travel Survey to examine travel patterns within the U.S. for persons with disabilities. Our analysis finds that having a disability is associated with lower odds of taking a trip for shopping, for social or recreational reasons, for running errands, or for going to work, even after controlling for other characteristics. Length of disability (less than 6 months, more than 6 months, or lifetime) is associated with the type of mobility aid used to support travel, some aspects of day-to-day travel, and the odds of taking a trip for errands, shopping, social, or recreational reasons. Those with a lifetime disability had lower odds of traveling for errands or shopping (OR = 0.68, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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