TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - 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
JO  - Transport policy
A1  - Limanond, Thirayoot
A1  - Jomnonkwao, Sajjakaj
A1  - Watthanaklang, Duangdao
A1  - Ratanavaraha, Vatanavongs
A1  - Siridhara, Siradol
SP  - 719
EP  - 726
VL  - 18
IS  - 5
N2  - 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 />
LA  - en
SN  - 0967-070X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/16/j.tranpol.2011.01.007
ID  - ref1
ER  -