Anciaes, Paulo;
Metcalfe, Paul;
(2023)
Constraints to travel outside the local area: Effect on social participation and self-rated health.
Journal of Transport and Health
, 28
, Article 101535. 10.1016/j.jth.2022.101535.
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BACKGROUND: Travel outside the local area allows people to meet others and access a wide selection of services and opportunities. However, travel can be constrained by the lack of good transport or by personal factors. This paper investigates whether these constraints are associated with poor self-rated health, and the extent to which the association is mediated by reduced social participation. METHOD: Respondents in a survey in the North of England (n=2747) stated levels of constraints to trip frequency, number of places visited, travel distance, and travel mode for trips more than 15 miles (24km) away from home. Path analysis tested associations between these constraints, indicators of social participation (seeing family and friends frequently and being a member of clubs or societies), and self-rated health. RESULTS: Constraints to the number of places visited were associated with reduced social participation. Constraints to trip frequency had a negative association with self-rated health via pathways other than social participation. Constraints to travel distance were not significant and constraints to car use and public transport were associated to self-rated health via other constraints. The results varied by age group and were robust to changes in variable specification and treatment of missing data. CONCLUSIONS: The results confirm the importance of being able to travel outside the local area for social participation and health and emphasize the need for public policies that reduce constraints to travel, by providing better conditions for the use of both private and public transport and for the realization of more frequent trips to a wider set of places.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Constraints to travel outside the local area: Effect on social participation and self-rated health |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jth.2022.101535 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2022.101535 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Health, long distance travel, medium distance travel, path analysis, self-rated health, social participation, travel constraints, travel disadvantage, travel satisfaction |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10163569 |
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