TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - An empirical analysis of children’s after school out-of-home activity-location engagement patterns and time allocation
JO  - Transportation
A1  - Paleti, Rajesh
A1  - Copperman, Rachel B.
A1  - Bhat, Chandra R.
SP  - 273
EP  - 303
VL  - 38
IS  - 2
N2  - Children are an often overlooked and understudied population group, whose travel needs are responsible for a significant number of trips made by a household. In addition, children’s travel and activity participation during the post-school period have direct implication for adults’ activity-travel patterns. A better understanding of children’s after school activity-travel patterns and the linkages between parents and children’s activity-travel needs is necessary for accurate prediction and forecasting of activity-based travel demand modeling systems. In this paper, data from the 2002 Child Development Supplement of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics is used to undertake a comprehensive assessment of the post-school out-of-home activity-location engagement patterns of children aged 5–17 years. Specifically, this research effort utilizes a multinomial logit model to analyze children’s post-school location patterns, and employs a multiple discrete–continuous extreme value model to study the propensity of children to participate in, and allocate time to, multiple activity episode purpose-location types during the after-school period. The results show that a wide variety of demographic, attitudinal, environmental, and others’ activity-travel pattern characteristics impact children’s after school activity engagement patterns.<p /> 
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SN  - 0049-4488
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11116-010-9300-2
ID  - ref1
ER  -