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Self-regulatory driving behaviors — gender and transportation support effects
Author(s)	Moon Choi, Kathryn Betts Adams, Eva Kahana
Journal title	Journal of Women and Aging, vol 25, no 2, April-June 2013
Publisher	Taylor & Francis, April-June 2013
Pages	pp 104-118
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Older men ; Older women ; Retirement communities ; Driving capability ; Transport services ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	The authors used data from the Florida Retirement Study to examine the relationship between transportation support and self-regulatory driving behaviours of 566 community-dwelling older people living in retirement communities, with a focus on gender differences. The results of logistic regression analysis showed that older women were more likely to avoid driving at night or on the highway than their male counterparts. Help with transport from friends was found to increase the likelihood of self-regulatory driving behaviours. These findings imply that, given the transport alternatives available and gender differences in driving behaviours, transport policy and driving safety courses for older adults need to be developed. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-130823208 A
Classmark	BC: BD: ROA: OPF: O: 3F: 7T
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