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dc.contributor.authorChakrabarti, Sandip
dc.contributor.authorJoh, Kenneth
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-01T02:24:19Z
dc.date.available2019-01-01T02:24:19Z
dc.date.issued2019-02
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11718/21217
dc.descriptionTransportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Volume 120, February 2019, Pages 101-115en_US
dc.description.abstractLiterature suggests that young children have a significant influence on activity patterns and timeuse of adult men and women in dual-earner households. The resultant impact on travel behavior, however, remains largely unexplored. In this study, we use the 2012–13 California Household Travel Survey to compare daily (weekday) travel behavior of adult men and women belonging to dual-earner heterosexual couple households without children, with their adult counterparts in dual-earner heterosexual nuclear households with one or more young (aged 15 years or less) children living in urban California. We find that the presence of young children is, on average, associated with relatively higher auto use, and lower levels of physically active travel (i.e., walking and bicycling) and public transit use. Specifically, parents of school-age (6–15 years) children, without other small (5 years or less) children, are found to engage in significantly more auto use than childless couples. The likelihood of engaging in 20 min or more of active travel per day falls as couples transition to parenthood, and drops further as small children turn school-age. The likelihood of making at least one transit trip per day follows a similar pattern. We also find that the negative impact of young children on average, and school-age children in particular, on adults’ active travel is significantly greater for men than women. Additionally, we identify factors that can help reduce gender inequality in auto use and active travel within households with one or more young children. This study enhances our understanding of travel behavior variations across household types in cities, and over the life courses of individuals. Planning and policy implications are discussed.
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectTravel behavioren_US
dc.subjectDual-earner householdsen_US
dc.subjectParenthooden_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectVehicle miles traveleden_US
dc.subjectActive travelen_US
dc.subjectPublic transiten_US
dc.titleThe effect of parenthood on travel behavior: Evidence from the California household travel surveyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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