THE SOCIAL WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN

In the last decade there has been a continued increase in the presence of a second worker in the Australian household. Combined with this increase has been a growing importance placed on a wide variety of extra school activities for children as adjuncts to the educational process. The degree to which these activities take place outside the home or school, together with the increased difficulty for parents to act as chauffeurs when both are involved in full-time jobs, has created conflicts and difficulties not usually the subject of policy-maker's attention. This paper presents some perspectives of the children's part in the travelling world. In particular, the extent to which children take part in "serve passengers" activities is shown to be significant. Results of a large scale travel survey are used to give insight into the problems of both children's and parent's social well-being with particular reference to their involvement in discretionary fixed activities. The influence of the household's stage in the life cycle and the employment status of the parents are considered in some detail. For the covering abstract of the conference see TRIS 450428. (TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper from the Interpreting and Valueing Transport's Role in Social Well-Being, an International Conference held April 12-15, 1983, Norrdwijk, Netherlands.
• Corporate Authors:

  Ministry of Transport and Public Works

  P.O. Box 20901
  The Hague,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • AMPT, E
• Conference:
  • Paper from the Interpreting and Valueing Transport's Role in Social Well-Being, an International Conference held April 12-15, 1983, Norrdwijk, Netherlands.
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 85-100

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Children; Conferences; Education; Households; Jobs; Mobility; Policy; Schools; Socioeconomic factors; Sociology; Transportation; Transportation planning; Transportation policy
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 1758: Child; 8525: Conference; 2284: Education; 309: Household; 9105: Mobility (pers); 2271: Occupation; 173: Policy; 101: School; 2253: Sociology; 1155: Transport
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450436
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1985 12:00AM