Linking elderly transport mobility and subjective well-being

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2382, 2013, Pages 28-36

  Ravulaparthy, Srinath ^a   Yoon, Seo ^b   Goulias, Konstadinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Korea Research Institute for Human Settlement   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE AGES; ELDERLY POPULATIONS; LATENT CLASS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SOCIAL INTEGRATIONS; TRANSPORT MOBILITY; TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH; TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR; WELL BEING;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897134013     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2382-04     Document Type: Article

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