Title: Rush-hour Commuting in the Netherlands: Gender Specific Household Activities and Attitudes towards Responsibility Sharing
Abstract: Apart from work hour commitments, rush-hour commuting decisions are dependent on household activities and responsibilities. It can also be gender specific when gender differences in performing household activities prevail. To that end, this study investigates gender difference in rush-hour commuting in relation to daily household activities, using the data of TBO 2006 (Dutch Time Use Survey) and MON 2006 (National Travel Survey of the Netherlands). Two separate analyses for the morning rush-hours and the afternoon rush-hours commuting are performed. Household activities such as childcare, child chauffeuring, household maintenance and shopping, and working at home are considered. Additionally, the authors include personal attitudes towards sharing these activities between partners. The authors find that females in the Netherlands are more likely to commute during morning rush-hours, but less likely to do so during afternoon rush-hours. In terms of household activities, childcare and child chauffeuring before/after commute lead to higher probability of morning rush-hour commute. In the afternoon, only the childcare activity has a significant effect. As expected, working at home has a negative effect on rush-hour commuting for both analyses. The authors find that limited value is attached to personal attitude consideration regarding sharing of household activities and responsibilities.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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