TY  - JOUR
T1  - Aging, Travel Behaviour and Quality of Life in Planned and Unplanned Communities of Lagos Metropolis
AU - Alade, Wale AU - Kadiri, Waheed AU - Olaseni, Mobolaji 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 8
IS  - 4
SP  - 306
EP  - 314
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2013.306.314
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2013.306.314
KW  - planning
KW  -neighbourhood
KW  -mobility
KW  -Aging
KW  -travel behaviour
KW  -quality of life
AB  - This study provides a comparative study of travel behaviour 
  of the elderly in planned and unplanned communities of Lagos metropolis using 
  Festac Town and Ketu communities as case study. The study argues that the quality 
  of neighbourhood affects the travel pattern and quality of life of old people. 
  A total of 155 old people were randomly selected and interviewed with the aid 
  of questionnaire in the two contrasting neighbourhoods, 80 from Festac Town 
  and 75 from Ketu. The elderly constitutes 1.5% of the population in the two 
  neighbourhoods. Data collected covered socio-economic characteristics, travel 
  behaviour and mobility challenge of respondents. Both descriptive and inferential 
  statistics were used for data analysis. The difference in the socio-economic 
  status and travel pattern of respondents between the neighbourhoods was established 
  with Chi-square test at 0.05 levels of significance. The findings showed that 
  51.0% of respondents were males, 62.0% were in their 60s, 84.0% had formal education 
  and the mean of years of education was 13.3, 56.8% did not earn &gt;<img src="http://docsdrive.com/images/medwelljournals/sscience/2013/img1-2k13-306-314.gif" width="15" height="13" align="absmiddle">25,000 
  (156 USD, exchange rate of <img src="http://docsdrive.com/images/medwelljournals/sscience/2013/img1-2k13-306-314.gif" width="15" height="13" align="absmiddle">160-1 
  USD) per month, 55.2% were self-employed, 41.6% had at least one car in their 
  household and 66.5% had no personal means of mobility. The relationship between 
  respondents&#146; quality of neighbourhood and socio-economic characteristics 
  was statistically significant in terms of number of years of formal education; 
  income per month and household car ownership. The results also showed that 98.0% 
  made at least one trip per day with a mean trip of 1.8; dominant mode was car 
  (32.5%) and 74.8% travelled during the off-peak period. The study concludes 
  that no conscious planning exists for the mobility of the elderly and that significant 
  relationship exists between neighbourhood quality, travel behaviour and quality 
  of life of the elderly in the study area. The study recommends better neighbourhood 
  planning which places emphasis on elderly mobility.
ER  -