Travel to work and household responsibility: New evidence

Transportation

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 397-419

  Turner, Tracy ^a   Niemeier, Debbie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Household responsibility; Travel behavior

Indexed keywords

GENDER DIFFERENTIAL; HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITY HYPOTHESIS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MASS TRANSPORTATION;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

COMMUTING; GENDER DISPARITY; HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR;

USA;

EID: 0031277642     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004945903696     Document Type: Article

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