Impact of individuals' immigrant status on household auto ownership

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2156, 2010, Pages 36-46

  Ma, Lu ^a   Srinivasan, Sivaramakrishnan ^a  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

'CURRENT; CAR OWNERSHIP; CAR OWNERSHIP MODELS; CHARACTERISTIC TIME; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS; ORDERED PROBIT MODEL; SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; TIME-PERIODS; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 78651294433     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2156-05     Document Type: Article

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