Will you escort your child to school? The effect of spatial and temporal constraints of parental employment

Applied Geography

Volumn 42, Issue , 2013, Pages 116-123

  He, Sylvia Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Children; Escort decision; Joint trip; Parental employment; School; Spatial and temporal constraints

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; MOBILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA; WORKPLACE;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879137816     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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