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Changing Mobility Pattern and the Aging Population in Sweden

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Summary, in English

A number of Investigations of travel habits and patterns of activity of the elderly have been carried out In Sweden during the 1980s. The results from a study made by the Department of Traffic Planning and Engineering at the Lund Institute of
Technology are presented. The purpose of this study was to determine (a) older people's access to various means of transportation, (b) travel habits of older people and their difficulties. In using various means of transportation, and (c) the extent to
which these factors lnftuence the social situation of older people compared with various background variables such as age and physical Incapacity.

Publishing year

1987

Language

English

Pages

37-41

Publication/Series

Transportation Research Record

Volume

1135

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, USA

Topic

  • Infrastructure Engineering
  • Transport Systems and Logistics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0361-1981