Consistency or contradiction? Mobility- Related Attitudes and Travel Mode Use of the Young ‘New Generation’

In this paper, we examine the role of mobility-related attitudes in the travel mode use of young people, the extent to which young adults and teenagers behave consistently in relation to their attitudes, and the conditions on which the consistency of attitudes and behaviour depends. We thus continu...

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Main Authors: Kathrin Konrad, Sören Groth
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Language:deu
Published: oekom verlag GmbH 2020-04-01
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Online Access:https://rur.oekom.de/index.php/rur/article/view/276
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description In this paper, we examine the role of mobility-related attitudes in the travel mode use of young people, the extent to which young adults and teenagers behave consistently in relation to their attitudes, and the conditions on which the consistency of attitudes and behaviour depends. We thus continue the current discussion about the loss of importance of the car for young people in which various socio-demographic trends, but also changed attitudes, are used as explanatory factors, especially on a hypothetical level. Our contribution closes a research gap in that so far neither the relationship between attitudes and behaviour among young people has been empirically investigated nor has this relationship been empirically placed in a context of spatial, economic and socio-demographic conditions. We address this by means of differentiated correlation analyses and the calculation of correlation differences on the basis of a nationwide German survey of young people from 2013. This enables us to demonstrate that young people basically behave consistently in line with their attitudes. However, there are significant differences which confirm that certain spatial, economic and socio-demographic conditions are essential for the implementation of attitudes into corresponding travel mode use.
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spelling doaj.art-8f8d5da2200d4beaa0faa337fc21406e2022-12-22T03:50:54Zdeuoekom verlag GmbHRaumforschung und Raumordnung0034-01111869-41792020-04-0178210.2478/rara-2019-0050Consistency or contradiction? Mobility- Related Attitudes and Travel Mode Use of the Young ‘New Generation’Kathrin Konrad0Sören Groth1Stadt Dortmund, Stadtplanungs- und BauordnungsamtDortmund, DeutschlandILS – Institut für Landes- und StadtentwicklungsforschungDortmund, Deutschland In this paper, we examine the role of mobility-related attitudes in the travel mode use of young people, the extent to which young adults and teenagers behave consistently in relation to their attitudes, and the conditions on which the consistency of attitudes and behaviour depends. We thus continue the current discussion about the loss of importance of the car for young people in which various socio-demographic trends, but also changed attitudes, are used as explanatory factors, especially on a hypothetical level. Our contribution closes a research gap in that so far neither the relationship between attitudes and behaviour among young people has been empirically investigated nor has this relationship been empirically placed in a context of spatial, economic and socio-demographic conditions. We address this by means of differentiated correlation analyses and the calculation of correlation differences on the basis of a nationwide German survey of young people from 2013. This enables us to demonstrate that young people basically behave consistently in line with their attitudes. However, there are significant differences which confirm that certain spatial, economic and socio-demographic conditions are essential for the implementation of attitudes into corresponding travel mode use. https://rur.oekom.de/index.php/rur/article/view/276Young peoplenew generationloss of car importancealtered mode-related attitudestravel mode useend of the automobile society
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Sören Groth
Consistency or contradiction? Mobility- Related Attitudes and Travel Mode Use of the Young ‘New Generation’
Raumforschung und Raumordnung
Young people
new generation
loss of car importance
altered mode-related attitudes
travel mode use
end of the automobile society
title Consistency or contradiction? Mobility- Related Attitudes and Travel Mode Use of the Young ‘New Generation’
title_full Consistency or contradiction? Mobility- Related Attitudes and Travel Mode Use of the Young ‘New Generation’
title_fullStr Consistency or contradiction? Mobility- Related Attitudes and Travel Mode Use of the Young ‘New Generation’
title_full_unstemmed Consistency or contradiction? Mobility- Related Attitudes and Travel Mode Use of the Young ‘New Generation’
title_short Consistency or contradiction? Mobility- Related Attitudes and Travel Mode Use of the Young ‘New Generation’
title_sort consistency or contradiction mobility related attitudes and travel mode use of the young new generation
topic Young people
new generation
loss of car importance
altered mode-related attitudes
travel mode use
end of the automobile society
url https://rur.oekom.de/index.php/rur/article/view/276
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