Making the journey to school: The gendered and generational aspects of risk in constructing everyday mobility

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 471-486

  Murray, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Generations; Mobility; Risk; Risk perception; Travel to school

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD; CULTURAL VALUE; GENDER BIAS; MOTHER; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BELIEF; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 70350776823     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698570903183889     Document Type: Article

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