Factors Associated With Young Adults Delaying and Forgoing Driving Licenses: Results From Britain

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 794-800

  Le Vine, Scott ^a   Polak, John ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

driving license; logistic regression; self reported motivations; young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DECISION MAKING; DRIVER LICENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LICENSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; SELF-REPORTED MOTIVATIONS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT; YOUNG ADULTS;

DRIVING LICENSE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; SELF-REPORTED MOTIVATIONS; YOUNG ADULTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LICENSURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904384879     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2014.880838     Document Type: Article

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