A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
School trips in Germany: Gendered escorting practices
Highlights Relationship between escort and mode in school trips is not compulsive. Age and gender structures in independent trips intersect with spatial context. Urban areas support independence of adolescents, but are less suitable for children. As in other countries, women carry a disproportionate escorting burden. In large cities fathers are more involved in child escort, suggesting more gender equity.
Abstract Children’s trips have become a growing issue of interest in recent transport studies. This paper studies parental escort on children’s school trips in Germany. It uses binary logit regression models to look at social and spatial context factors simultaneously, as well as considering the gendering of parental escort, i.e. the allocation of escort trips to fathers and mothers. The results generally support other studies in terms of parental and children’s sociodemographics, and trip attributes. The results for parental employment complement previous, somewhat inconsistent results. Descriptive analysis sheds some light on the interplay between escort and travel mode, as well as on age and gender structures and their intersections with spatial context. The effects of spatial context in regression are mixed. Urban locations seem to be more suitable for the independent mobility of adolescents, but less suitable for smaller children. Within municipalities escort is less common in inner city areas with mixed land-use and a well-established public transport system. Shorter distances to school in areas with mixed land-use further encourage independence. As in other countries, women carry a disproportionate burden of escorting. In large cities fathers are more involved in child escort, suggesting more gender equity.
School trips in Germany: Gendered escorting practices
Highlights Relationship between escort and mode in school trips is not compulsive. Age and gender structures in independent trips intersect with spatial context. Urban areas support independence of adolescents, but are less suitable for children. As in other countries, women carry a disproportionate escorting burden. In large cities fathers are more involved in child escort, suggesting more gender equity.
Abstract Children’s trips have become a growing issue of interest in recent transport studies. This paper studies parental escort on children’s school trips in Germany. It uses binary logit regression models to look at social and spatial context factors simultaneously, as well as considering the gendering of parental escort, i.e. the allocation of escort trips to fathers and mothers. The results generally support other studies in terms of parental and children’s sociodemographics, and trip attributes. The results for parental employment complement previous, somewhat inconsistent results. Descriptive analysis sheds some light on the interplay between escort and travel mode, as well as on age and gender structures and their intersections with spatial context. The effects of spatial context in regression are mixed. Urban locations seem to be more suitable for the independent mobility of adolescents, but less suitable for smaller children. Within municipalities escort is less common in inner city areas with mixed land-use and a well-established public transport system. Shorter distances to school in areas with mixed land-use further encourage independence. As in other countries, women carry a disproportionate burden of escorting. In large cities fathers are more involved in child escort, suggesting more gender equity.
School trips in Germany: Gendered escorting practices
Scheiner, Joachim (author)
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice ; 94 ; 76-92
2016-09-05
17 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Escorting Children to School: Statistical Analysis and Applied Modeling Approach
| British Library Online Contents | 2005
| British Library Online Contents | 2014
Escorting and positioning device based on thermopile infrared detection and control method thereof
| European Patent Office | 2021