An analysis of children's leisure activity engagement: Examining the day of week, location, physical activity level, and fixity dimensions

Transportation

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 673-696

  Sener, Ipek N ^a   Copperman, Rachel B ^a   Pendyala, Ram M ^b   Bhat, Chandra R ^a  

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

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's activity participation; Discrete continuous models; Leisure activities; Physical activity; Structured activities; Unobserved factors

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; TRANSPORTATION;

(2+1) DIMENSIONS; (R ,S ,S) POLICY; ACTIVITY TRAVEL PATTERNS; BUSINESS MEDIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; DISCRETE CONTINUOUS EXTREME VALUE (MDCEV); EARLY AGES; HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; HIGHER EDUCATION (HE); LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MODEL FORMULATION; MODEL SYSTEMS; MODELING FRAMEWORK; PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES; POPULATION GROUPS; SPRINGER (CO); TIME DURATION; TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONALS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR; TRAVEL DEMAND MODELING; TRAVEL FORECASTING;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; METHODOLOGY; MODELING; OBESITY; TRAVEL DEMAND;

EID: 47249128505     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-008-9173-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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