 Dynamics in social activity-travel patterns: Analyzing the role of life-cycle events and path dependence in face-to-face and ICT-mediated social interactionsPauline van den Berg, Minou Weijs-Perrée and Theo Arentze Research in Transportation Economics, 2018, vol. 68, issue C, 29-37 Abstract: Social activity-travel accounts for an increasing share of total travel distance and is important for people's quality of life. Although our understanding of the role of transport on social interactions has recently increased, the dynamics of social activities still need further evidence. The objective of this paper is therefore to study the dynamics in social interaction frequency. Analyses are based on a sample of 139 respondents who were surveyed in 2008 and 2014 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The data collection instrument included a questionnaire and a two-day social interaction diary to collect data on face-to-face social interactions and social interactions mediated by communication technology. A path analysis model is estimated to predict the number of face-to-face and ICT-mediated social interactions in 2014 as a function of personal socio-demographic characteristics, mobility behavior and life cycle events experienced between 2008 and 2014 and the number of face-to-face and ICT-mediated social interactions in 2008. The results show path dependence effects for both face-to-face and ICT-mediated social interaction frequencies, suggesting that history can partly explain current behavior. Socio-demographics, mobility characteristics and life-cycle events also play a role in face-to-face social interaction frequency, whereas no effects of life-cycle events were found for ICT-mediated social interaction frequency. Keywords: Social contact; Communication technology; Mobility behaviour; Travel behaviour; Life-cycle events; Structural equation modelling (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:retrec:v:68:y:2018:i:c:p:29-37 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2017.01.002 Access Statistics for this article Research in Transportation Economics is currently edited by M. Dresner More articles in Research in Transportation Economics from Elsevier |
Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute.
Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to .
EconPapers is hosted by the
School of Business at Örebro University.