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| Older nonmetropolitan residents' evaluations of their transportation arrangements | | Author(s) | Nina Glasgow, Robin M Blakely |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 19, no 1, March 2000 |
| Pages | pp 95-116 |
| Keywords | Transport services ; Rural areas ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Data from focus groups is used to examine how older non-metropolitan residents of upstate New York (NY) organise their transport arrangements at different stages of the life course. This article also analyses the effectiveness of different modes of transport for older people's life maintenance and higher order needs. Almost universally, young-old (age 65 to 74) rural residents drove themselves to most of their activities. A small proportion also use bus services to fulfil some of their transport needs. Old-old (age 75+), by necessity, rely on a wider range of transport options, because many have stopped driving. The focus groups enabled older participants to speak for themselves as to what they liked and disliked about different transport options, thus providing information for policy-makers and transport planners to meet the needs of older rural and small-town residents. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000418406 A |
| Classmark | O: RL: 7T |
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