Gender Differences in Daily Mobility Behaviours among workers

Abstract

Gender is commonly identified as a key explanatory factor for travel behaviours. As part of econometric estimates, our approach consists in improving the characterization of the determinants of mobility level by considering gender impacts. As these determinants may vary according to the purpose at destination, we propose a focus on commute to work trips and compare the results with those concerning the wide weekly mobility. We consider the number of trips and daily distance and time budgets declared by respondents to the household travel survey, conducted by phone in the Rh™ne-Alpes region, between 2012 and 2015. Compared with previous research, econometric models take into account interaction between gender and other socioeconomic variables, thus enable to identify exactly the impact of gender on the level of mobility.