Automobile reliance among the elderly: Race and spatial context effects

Growth and Change

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-201

  Waldorf, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAR USE; ELDERLY POPULATION; MOBILITY; RACIAL DISPARITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141959720     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2257.00213     Document Type: Article

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