Gendered patterns of work trip mode choice– evidence from Germany

Abstract

In this paper, we examine the gender differences (or similarities) by exploring the association between work trip mode choice and five key elements: i) personal socio-economic status; ii) household attributes, iii) spatial-temporal fixity, iv) partner interaction and v) work hour preferences. We use the German National Time Use Survey 2012 and adopt multinomial logit analysis. Our results suggest that factors such as personal income, car ownership, low-dense settlement, free working schedules, time spent in unpaid activities had a significant positive effect on both men’s and women’s car use. In contrast, the household income, education, market and non-market economic sector, flexible working schedule, commute distance, partners’ time spent in unpaid activities had a significant positive effect on men’s and women’s public transport usage.