Prospective Life Course and Mobility: a Latent Class Analysis of Young Victorians

Many studies have explored whether young adults are using cars less than previous generations. It has been shown that where reductions in car-based mobility have occurred, they are often linked to delays in adult life stage transitions among the millennial generation. What is not yet known is whether millennials will revert entirely to the car-based mobility of previous generations when they ‘grow up’. This study is the first to measure the predicted future life course of young adults and link it to their travel behavior. The aim of this study is to explore the diversity of life paths among young adults, drawing from a survey of 885 21-25 year olds in Victoria, Australia. Results found that young adults fell into one of five ‘prospective life course segments’ with distinct demographics and mobility patterns. Although no-one can predict the future, the study provides additional insights into the diversity of life and mobility pathways among Australian millennials.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADD20 Standing Committee on Social and Economic Factors of Transportation.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Delbosc, Alexa
  • Naznin, Farhana
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2019-1-13 to 2019-1-17
• Date: 2019

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 6p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Mobility; Travel behavior; Young adults
• Uncontrolled Terms: Latent class models
• Geographic Terms: Victoria (Australia)
• Subject Areas: Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01697798
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 19-00900
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 1 2019 3:51PM