EMPLOYMENT, CHILDCARE AND TRAVEL BEHAVIOR: FRANCE, THE NETHERLANDS, THE UNITED STATES
The data form all three countries give overwhelming support to the hypotheses that non-traditional families have activity and travel patterns different from the traditional families on which we currently base transportation planning methodologies and ultimately policymaking. Dutch, French, and American data show pronounced differences between women and comparably situated men, and among groups of women. Women in all groups seem to be more directed in their activities by the family and childcare responsibilities they accept, with those having young children showing the most complex travel adjustments. Family and household responsibilities seem to be strong motivators of women's travel and employment behavior. Policymakers must be prepared to respond to the different needs of the growing number of non-traditional families in all developed societies. Among the issues which policymakers can address with the information we present here are how the structuring and restricting of employment opportunities could facilitate the employment of women, how childcare facilities and policies could be made more responsive to the constraints of two-worker families, and how transportation policies could be more sensitive to the needs of the rapidly growing number of single-parent households.
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Corporate Authors:
VNU Science Pres BV
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Authors:
- Raus, C
- Rosenbloom, S
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Conference:
- Behavioural Research for Transport Policy
- Location: Noordwijk, Netherlands
- Date: 1985-4-16 to 1985-4-19
- Publication Date: 1986
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 363-379
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Children; Costs; Employment; Females; Flexible hours; Mode choice; Parents; Policy making; Transportation planning; Travel behavior; Travel demand; Trip chaining; Work trips; Workforce
- Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00789633
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9067640603
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 25 2000 12:00AM