Gender Differences in Activity and Travel Behavior in the Arab World

摘要

The purpose of this research is to extend the research on gender differences in activity andtravel patterns in the Arab world by studying in depth the interrelationship between various socioeconomicand demographic variables, car ownerships, activity patterns and travel characteristics. Forthis purpose, a unique data set from three Arab villages in the Galilee region in Israel was collected.Using structural equations modeling, it was found that gender and income play an important role in howpeople travel to and participate in activities. Older men with high income and who own a car tend todrive outside the city to work. Young men, who don't drive, spend less time outside the city. Womenusually don't drive, don't work outside the city, and engage in non‐work activities inside the villageespecially if they have school‐aged children. Their commute pattern is becoming more complex due toan increasing tendency to include child‐serving stops. The analysis indicates that residents use asequential decision process. The process begins with user background and log‐term decisions to decideto own automobiles or not. The decision is then made to travel out of their village for work or to staywithin the village for other daily activities, and to spend more time on activities there.