| Summary: | Elderly people do not travel differently from those in other age groups,
however special treatment still needed to handle the differences of their travel
behavior. This is important because world demographics changing phenomenon,
from productive population (young age group) into elderly population. Elderly
population in Indonesia is projected to increase to 272.2% in 2040. Therefore, the
Indonesian government is obliged to pay attention to the quality of life of elderly
as mandated by law.
The location of this research is Yogyakarta City, one of which have the
highest life expectancy in Indonesia. This study uses a mixed method research
(qualitative-quantitative) with qualitative-modeling analysis method. The research
process through interviews guided by a questionnaire, on either weekly or
monthly travel behavior of elderly. This is aim to identified the relationship
between travel behavior and socio-demographic character of the elderly.
The research found that the socio-demographic character does not affect the
overall of the elderly travel behavior. However, the socio-demographic character
only affect parts of the travel behavior such as modal choice alone or just travel
distance. Also note that there are external factors that affect travel behavior such
as help from elderly relatives, culture (ewuh pakewuh) and the participation of
friends.
Keywords: travel behavior, the elderly
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