How do baby boomers' mobility patterns change with retirement?

Ageing and Society

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 988-1007

  Siren, Anu ^a   Haustein, Sonja ^b  

^a VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ageing society; baby boomers; older road users; travel behaviour; travel demand

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; POPULATION DECLINE; RETIREMENT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL DEMAND;

EID: 84923268125     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X15000100     Document Type: Article

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