Highlights ► Use of discrete choice experiments to establish how participants make decisions about driving. ► Looks at factors important when considering relinquishing driver's licence after 65 years. ► Relinquishing a driver's licence is a complex decision which needs to be understood. ► Social isolation, poorer health and depression have been linked to loss of a driver's licence.

    Abstract Purpose To investigate the relative importance of a number of key factors that influence older people in the decision to relinquish their driver's licence. Method A discrete choice experiment (DCE) was administered as an online survey to Australian adults, 65 years plus (N =114) who drive, recruited from an online panel. The survey was composed of three main sections. (A) The Adelaide Driving Self Efficacy Scale to assess confidence in driving. The scale is generated from individual's responses about confidence in their driving ability in various situations. (B) The DCE in which respondents were presented with a series of hypothetical binary choice situations and asked to indicate in which situation they would be more likely to relinquish their driving licence. (C) Socio-demographic and health status questions. A conditional logit regression model was adopted to analyse the DCE data. Results Older people would be more likely to relinquish their driver's licence due to advanced age, low confidence in driving ability and in situations where their local doctor advises them to cease driving. Other transport options availability and the cost of public transport were not found to be influential to this decision. Conclusions Factors pertaining to the individual themselves including advanced old age and low confidence in driving ability may be more influential than environmental factors such as availability of other transport options and the cost of public transport in an older person's decision to relinquish their driving licence.


    Zugriff

    Zugriff prüfen

    Verfügbarkeit in meiner Bibliothek prüfen

    Bestellung bei Subito €


    Exportieren, teilen und zitieren



    Titel :

    What factors influence older people in the decision to relinquish their driver's licence? A discrete choice experiment


    Beteiligte:
    McNamara, Annabel (Autor:in) / Chen, Gang (Autor:in) / George, Stacey (Autor:in) / Walker, Ruth (Autor:in) / Ratcliffe, Julie (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2013-02-24


    Format / Umfang :

    7 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





    A Questionnaire Study of Factors That Influence a Driver's Choice of Speed

    Quimby, A. / Maycock, G. / Palmer, C. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1997


    A QUESTIONNAIRE STUDY OF FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE A DRIVER'S CHOICE OF SPEED

    Quimby, A. / Maycock, G. / Palmer, C. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1997


    Administrative driver's licence suspensions in Ontario: tracking effects on public knowledge and behaviour

    Mann, R. / International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1997