An Analysis of Children’s Leisure Activity Engagement: Examining the Day of Week, Location, Physical Activity Level, and Fixity Dimensions

This paper uses data from the 2002 Child Development Supplement of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics in a detailed analysis of discretionary leisure activity engagement by children. Children’s discretionary activity engagement by day of week (weekend versus weekday), location (in-home versus out-of-home), type of activity (physically active versus passive), and nature of activity (structured versus unstructured) are presented. A mixed multiple discrete-continuous extreme value model formulation is adopted to account for the fact that children may participate in multiple activities and allocate positive time duration to each of the activities chosen. Findings indicate that children participate at the highest rate and for the longest duration in passive unstructured leisure activities inside the home. Children in households with parents who are employed, higher income, or higher education were found to participate in structured outdoor activities at higher rates. The child activity modeling framework and methodology presented in this paper can be incorporated into larger activity-based travel model systems for a variety of purposes related to transportation policy and public health.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-008-9173-9
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in January 2008.
• Authors:
  • Sener, Ipek N
  • Copperman, Rachel B
  • Pendyala, Ram M
  • Bhat, Chandra R
  • 0000-0002-0715-8121
• Publication Date: 2008-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 673-696
• Serial:
  • Transportation
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISSN: 0049-4488
  • EISSN: 1572-9435
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/11116

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Activity choices; Children; Days; Leisure time; Methodology; Travel behavior
• Uncontrolled Terms: Activity based modeling; Physical activity
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01110777
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 24 2008 10:37AM