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Table 3 Initial hypotheses and test statistics used for investigating the relationships between mobility variables and socioeconomic characteristics
From: Mapping travel behavior changes during the COVID-19 lock-down: a socioeconomic analysis in Greece
# | Dependent variables | Independent variables | Hypothesized relationship | Statistical Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Total number of trips (per trip purpose) | Reference period (typical:0; lockdown:1) | Reduced number of trips during pandemic for all trip purposes | Independent-samples t-test |
2 | Transport mode (commuting and shopping) | Reference period (typical:0; lockdown:1) | Reduction of public transport modal shares during pandemic | Chi-square test |
3 | Trip purpose during pandemic | Age Groups | Older aged people make less trips for commuting and shopping. | Spearman’s rho correlation test |
4 | Transport mode (commuting and shopping) during pandemic | Age Groups | Ambiguous | Kruskal – Wallis correlation test |
5 | Transport mode (commuting and shopping) during pandemic | Gender | Ambiguous | Chi-square test |
6 | Perception of Safety | Gender | Lower safety perception among women | Chi-square test |
7 | Perception of Security | Gender | Lower security perception among women | Chi-square test |