New data for social leisure travel forecasting
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Date
2021-07Type
- Working Paper
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Abstract
In this working paper we report on the difficulties of surveying leisure activities for social leisure travel forecasting. We summarise findings of a a pre-test for a one-week activity questionnaire (paper-based) that was conducted during May and June in 2018. The main goal was to gather information on what people do, how frequently they do so and if it was a group activity, whether and how it was jointly planned. We conclude that on the one hand, a proper classification of leisure activities into well defined categories is necessary and that activities need to be reported as non-combined or as separated as possible. This seems obvious at first, but increases the response burden of such a questionnaire enormously especially when using open text questions. On the other hand, for group activities, respondents should be properly guided throughout the questions that investigate group size and composition. A web-based questionnaire would probably be a better way in that regard as one could force important answers where needed. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000550966Publication status
publishedJournal / series
Arbeitsberichte Verkehrs- und RaumplanungVolume
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IVT, ETH ZurichSubject
Social leisure travel; Leisure activities; Group activites; Joint planningOrganisational unit
03521 - Axhausen, Kay W. (emeritus) / Axhausen, Kay W. (emeritus)
02655 - Netzwerk Stadt u. Landschaft ARCH u BAUG / Network City and Landscape ARCH and BAUG
Funding
162481 - New Data for Social Leisure Travel Forecasting (SNF)
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