Children’s non-school trips, travel-related subjective well-being, and life satisfaction: Evidence from young adolescents in rural Japan

Marjan Khaleghi and Hirokazu Kato

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2023, vol. 169, issue C

Abstract: This study delves into the influence of children’s experience of various non-school daily trips with different transport modes on affective travel well-being (moods and emotions during a trip) and the links between travel well-being and life satisfaction. Various attributes of every trip, such as time, distance, purpose, companions, and mode, along with mode-specific positive attitudes/social support, children’s perception about their independent mobility, and demographic information (e.g., age, cell phone ownership), were included in the data analysis. This paper analyzed 2131 trips reported by 487 Japanese junior high school students (12–15 years old) living in rural areas using partial least square structural equation modeling. Apart from the main model (including all trips), separate models were developed for different mode categories and three Japanese towns. Analyses revealed a significant and positive association between travel-related well-being and life satisfaction with five domains of self, school, friends, family, and living environment in all the models except the one developed for public transport trips.

Keywords: Children; Non-school trips; Travel-related well-being; Life satisfaction; Rural areas; Japan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2023.103591

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