Societal Trends: The Aging Baby Boom and Women’s Increased Independence

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• Creators:
  Spain, Daphne
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Virginia
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Automobile ownership
  • Vehicle miles of travel
  • Age groups
  • Travel behavior
  • Aged
  • Mobility
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1404565
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  The two most important societal trends today are the aging baby boom and women's increased independence. This paper compares the travel profiles of women aged 40 to 49(early baby boomers) with women aged 75 and over and with men aged 75 and over (parents of the baby boom) to estimate the impact of an aging population on vehicle ownership rates and Vehicle Miles Traveled. Although current gender differences are likely to persist as the baby boom ages, middle-aged women today probably will travel more like their fathers than like their mothers when they reach their parents' age.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-97-P-00314
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/13240/dot_13240_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 163.29 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection ; Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:049efcad1b12cbac340f4ede9e0d55c8e531b32653e6fd0f045bafba6924c286561dcfd6fdf01d6f2398962b9f801bc0b5cad8fa29ecb73d7a8d1d591bd473b6