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Analysis of the Transportation Disadvantaged in an Aging Society

Older adults have been reported as one of the most transportation disadvantaged groups. In particular, mobility challenges for older minority females are notable. This study investigates personal, household, and residential environment factors associated with transportation mobility of older minority females age 65+ using the 2009 National Household Travel Survey conducted in the U.S. Principal Component Analysis and a linear regression model are employed to develop a mobility measure and to examine various factors on the measure. This study found that U.S. born older minority females have distinctly different characteristics from foreign born older minority females with regards to mobility. Public transit use is positively associated with older minority populations’ mobility and not driving reduces the mobility level. Older minority women in low income households have lower mobility levels, but those with a college degree have higher mobility levels. This study concludes that older minority populations are not homogenous, thus, more in-depth research on various sub-groups of older minority populations is warranted in an increasingly diverse aging society.

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANB60 Safe Mobility of Older Persons.
  • Corporate Authors:

    Transportation Research Board

    500 Fifth Street, NW
    Washington, DC  United States  20001
  • Authors:
    • Kim, Sungyop
    • Ulfarsson, Gudmundur F
  • Conference:
  • Date: 2015

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Media Type: Digital/other
  • Features: References; Tables;
  • Pagination: 12p
  • Monograph Title: TRB 94th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01555572
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Report/Paper Numbers: 15-4620
  • Files: PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
  • Created Date: Feb 27 2015 10:04AM