Middle-aged and older adults’ transportation patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods study
Older adults’ risk from COVID-19 led many, especially in the first year of pandemic, to travel less frequently and take shorter trips. Studies document declines in driving and walking, but fewer examine cycling and getting rides from others. Moreover, few explore how people felt about these changes....
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| description | Older adults’ risk from COVID-19 led many, especially in the first year of pandemic, to travel less frequently and take shorter trips. Studies document declines in driving and walking, but fewer examine cycling and getting rides from others. Moreover, few explore how people felt about these changes. Using data from a survey of Floridians aged 50 or older (n = 4,145), we compare use of various transportation modes – driving, walking, cycling, and getting rides from family and friends – before the start of the pandemic and during its first year. Results revealed declines in driving but little overall change in walking and cycling. Results also indicated that rides from others declined, especially rides with friends compared with family. Analysis of responses to an open-ended item revealed positive and negative assessments of these changes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0e52cf63c8174fd89d120950fcc13e672023-09-24T05:16:47ZengElsevierTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives2590-19822023-09-0121100894Middle-aged and older adults’ transportation patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods studyAnne E. Barrett0Jessica Noblitt1Cherish Michael2Hope Mimbs3Department of Sociology, Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy, Florida State University, 636 W. Call St., Tallahassee, FL 32306-1121, United States; Corresponding author.Department of Sociology, Florida State University, 113 Collegiate Loop, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2270, United StatesDepartment of Sociology, Florida State University, 113 Collegiate Loop, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2270, United StatesDepartment of Sociology, Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy, Florida State University, 636 W. Call St., Tallahassee, FL 32306-1121, United StatesOlder adults’ risk from COVID-19 led many, especially in the first year of pandemic, to travel less frequently and take shorter trips. Studies document declines in driving and walking, but fewer examine cycling and getting rides from others. Moreover, few explore how people felt about these changes. Using data from a survey of Floridians aged 50 or older (n = 4,145), we compare use of various transportation modes – driving, walking, cycling, and getting rides from family and friends – before the start of the pandemic and during its first year. Results revealed declines in driving but little overall change in walking and cycling. Results also indicated that rides from others declined, especially rides with friends compared with family. Analysis of responses to an open-ended item revealed positive and negative assessments of these changes.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198223001410DrivingWalkingCyclingFriendsFamilyQualitative |
| spellingShingle | Anne E. Barrett Jessica Noblitt Cherish Michael Hope Mimbs Middle-aged and older adults’ transportation patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods study Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives Driving Walking Cycling Friends Family Qualitative |
| title | Middle-aged and older adults’ transportation patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods study |
| title_full | Middle-aged and older adults’ transportation patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods study |
| title_fullStr | Middle-aged and older adults’ transportation patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Middle-aged and older adults’ transportation patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods study |
| title_short | Middle-aged and older adults’ transportation patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods study |
| title_sort | middle aged and older adults transportation patterns during the covid 19 pandemic a mixed methods study |
| topic | Driving Walking Cycling Friends Family Qualitative |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198223001410 |
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