Children’s independent mobility to school, friends and leisure activities

Aslak Fyhri and Randi Hjorthol

Journal of Transport Geography, 2009, vol. 17, issue 5, 377-384

Abstract: Increased use of the car in the everyday transport of children can lead to environmental problems, and cause increased obesity and decreased independence among children. Using a structural equation model we investigate the influence of a range of background variables on mode choice for Norwegian children’s transport to school or leisure activities. Distance to school and children’s age were the most influential variables on children’s independent mobility, measured as an index. Objective descriptors of the traffic environment only explain independent mobility via parents’ safety experience.

Keywords: Everyday transport; Structural equation model; Safety; Worry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2008.10.010

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