A Scale for Describing People's Mobility Status
We introduce and test a visual analogue scale (VAS) to measure to what extent people experience difficulties in reaching destinations (N=180). Known-group analyses showed that respondents who are younger, without vehicle access, or in need of a walking aid, had significantly worse accessibility. Reg...
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| description | We introduce and test a visual analogue scale (VAS) to measure to what extent people experience difficulties in reaching destinations (N=180). Known-group analyses showed that respondents who are younger, without vehicle access, or in need of a walking aid, had significantly worse accessibility. Regression analysis with reported mobility problems as dependent variables, showed that VAS replaced car availability as the sole significant explanatory variable. A separate regression model revealed that the mobility problems explain more than half of the variance in VAS (R2=0.528). These results are promising but more research is needed to scrutinize the validity of the VAS. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-85e9a7ac41da47fb98250a9373f38f4f2024-04-21T17:59:49ZengFindings PressFindings2652-88002024-04-01A Scale for Describing People's Mobility StatusKarel MartensMatan E. SingerWe introduce and test a visual analogue scale (VAS) to measure to what extent people experience difficulties in reaching destinations (N=180). Known-group analyses showed that respondents who are younger, without vehicle access, or in need of a walking aid, had significantly worse accessibility. Regression analysis with reported mobility problems as dependent variables, showed that VAS replaced car availability as the sole significant explanatory variable. A separate regression model revealed that the mobility problems explain more than half of the variance in VAS (R2=0.528). These results are promising but more research is needed to scrutinize the validity of the VAS.https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.94195 |
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| title | A Scale for Describing People's Mobility Status |
| title_full | A Scale for Describing People's Mobility Status |
| title_fullStr | A Scale for Describing People's Mobility Status |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Scale for Describing People's Mobility Status |
| title_short | A Scale for Describing People's Mobility Status |
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| url | https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.94195 |
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