Time-Use and Spatio-Temporal Variables Influence on Physical Activity Intensity, Physical and Social Health of Travelers

Mujahid Ali, Dimas Bayu Endrayana Dharmowijoyo, Afonso R. G. de Azevedo, Roman Fediuk, Habil Ahmad and Bashir Salah
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Mujahid Ali: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Perak Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia
Dimas Bayu Endrayana Dharmowijoyo: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Perak Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia
Afonso R. G. de Azevedo: LECIV—Civil Engineering Laboratory, UENF—State University of the Northern Rio de Janeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes 28013-602, Brazil
Roman Fediuk: Polytechnic Institute, Far Eastern Federal University, 690922 Vladivostok, Russia
Habil Ahmad: School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong 2522, Australia
Bashir Salah: Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Kind Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 21, 1-24

Abstract: Using a multi-dimensional three-week household time-use and activity diary, this study aims to investigate the interaction between time-use and activity travel participation, built environment, leisure-time physical activity, travel parameters, and physical intensity on physical and social health. The relationship between time-use and activity travel participation is complex. Therefore, physical activity (PA) intensity is assumed to intermediate the relationship between endogenuous and exogenous variables. This study use a comprehensive set of data that was collected at a household level for twenty-one (21) consecutive days. A total of 732 individuals and 191 households were recorded, representing 0.029% total population of Bandung Metropolitan Area (BMA). The data analyzed with descriptive and linear regression analysis using Statistical Package for Social Sciences SPSS version 26.0.0 software (IBM: Armonk, NY, USA). An advanced model, such as the hierarchical Structural Equation Model (SEM), is used to validate the relationship between activity patterns and health parameters. The estimated results indicate that a minute increase in public transport mode has an 8.8% positive correlation with physical health and 9.0% with social health. Furthermore, an increase in the one-minute duration of in-home maintenance and out-of-home leisure activities are positively correlated by 2.9% and 3.2%, respectively, with moderate-intensity PA and by 4.5% and 1.8% strenuous-intensity PA. Additionally, high accessibility and availability of basic amenities at a walkable distance and using auxiliary time in social activities are significantly correlated with better physical and social health. Moreover, this study adopted multidisciplinary approaches for better transport policy and a healthier society with a better quality of life.

Keywords: activity-travel participation; strenuous and moderate-intensity physical activity; travel parameters; physical health; social health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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