Mobility in different generations of older persons. The development of daily travel in different cohorts in Denmark, Norway and Sweden

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 624-633

  Hjorthol, Randi J ^a   Levin, Lena ^b   Sirén, Anu ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b SWEDISH NATIONAL ROAD AND TRANSPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cohort analysis; Everyday mobility; Older people; Scandinavia

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; CAR OWNERSHIP; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUTING; ELDERLY POPULATION; MOBILITY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

DENMARK; NORWAY; SWEDEN;

EID: 84855915913     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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