@article{ref1,
title="How vehicle ownership affects time utilization on study, leisure, social activities, and academic performance of university students: A case study of engineering freshmen in a rural university in Thailand",
journal="Transport policy",
year="2011",
author="Limanond, Thirayoot and Jomnonkwao, Sajjakaj and Watthanaklang, Duangdao and Ratanavaraha, Vatanavongs and Siridhara, Siradol",
volume="18",
number="5",
pages="719-726",
abstract="This study aims to investigate how the ownership of a private vehicle influences time utilization of university students, and whether it impacts their academic performance. This research analyzes travel/activity patterns of 130 engineering freshman students at a rural university in Thailand. An analysis of travel/activity data shows that vehicle ownership seems to play an important role in university student's time utilization on various activities. It was found that those students who own a vehicle tend to spend less time for academic purposes, and more on leisure and social activities than non-owner students. Nevertheless, a further study using regression analysis on academic performance shows that the ownership of a vehicle does not seem to have a significant impact on the grade point average of students, once the cognitive ability and gender are accounted for. The findings imply that campus policies/measures that restrict the ownership or usage of a private vehicle in rural universities would improve the campus learning environment by influencing university students to put more attention on school-related activities, but such policies do not seem to impact on the academic performance of the college students.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0967-070X",
doi="16/j.tranpol.2011.01.007",
url="http://dx.doi.org/16/j.tranpol.2011.01.007"
}