An analysis of the determinants of children's weekend physical activity participation

Transportation

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-87

  Copperman, Rachel B ^a   Bhat, Chandra R ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Children's physical activity; Children's time use; Non motorized travel; Weekend activity travel behavior

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; REGIONAL PLANNING; SURVEYS;

MULTIPLE DISCRETE-CONTINUOUS EXTREME VALUE-BINARY CHOICE MODEL; NON-MOTORIZED TRAVEL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PARTICIPATION; WEEKEND ACTIVITY-TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CHILD WELFARE; TIME ALLOCATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33846474974     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-006-0005-5     Document Type: Article

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