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Title: Disability, access to out-of-home activities, and subjective well-being
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2022
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ISSN: 0965-8564
DOI: 10.1016/J.TRA.2022.06.006
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Abstract: People with disabilities tend to participate in fewer out-of-home activities, raising concerns about their well-being. This paper investigates travel and activity barriers faced by people with disabilities using data from the American Time Use Survey from 2008 to 2019. Our dependent variable of interest is a measure of realized accessibility known as a travel time price: that is, the number of travel minutes associated with each minute of out-of-home activity time. In using this measure, we first confirm that out-of-home activities are associated with greater subjective well-being, that travel is associated with relatively low well-being, and that travel time prices are negatively associated with life satisfaction. We next find that people with disabilities typically pay a travel time price premium 50 percent higher than those without disabilities for all out-of-home activities, and 11 percent higher for work trips. These premiums narrow but persist when accounting for personal characteristics and travel mode. We discuss the unique contributions of simple linear and multiple regression results, given that disability is so closely linked to personal characteristics like employment, income, and marital status. We then disaggregate the results by type of disability and close by presenting ideas for removing transportation and activity barriers for the heterogenous population of people with disabilities.
Url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856422001604
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Authors: Ralph, Kelcie; Morris, Eric A.; Kwon, Jaekyeong
Periodical (Full): Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
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Volume: 163
Pages: 209-227
Data Collections: IPUMS Time Use - ATUS
Topics: Population Health and Health Systems, Work, Family, and Time
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