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Table 6 Descriptive characteristics of main nominal/ordinal variables

From: Mapping travel behavior changes during the COVID-19 lock-down: a socioeconomic analysis in Greece

Variable

Description

Range

Frequency

Type of Variable

Gender

To which gender identity do you most identify?

1: Female

2: Male

3: Other

1: 51.8%

2: 48.1%

3: 0.01%

Nominal

Income

To which income class do you categorize yourself?

1: < 1000€

2: 1000-2000€

3: > 2000€

1: 33.5%

2: 40.3%

3: 26.2%

Ordinal

Residence

Your current residence is located in a (large urban center, city, town etc)

1: Large urban center (population over 100,000) 2: City with a population of 50,000 to 100,000 3: City with a population of 10,000 to 50,000 4: Town with a population of 2000 to 10,000 5: Settlement with a population of less than 2000

1: 42.6%

2: 22.5%

3: 19.5%

4: 9.1%

5: 6.4%

Ordinal

Education Level

What is your education level?

1: Didn’t graduate elementary school

2: Elementary School Graduate

3: Secondary School Graduate

4: Highschool / Technical school graduate

5: University Graduate

6: Master’s Degree / PhD

1: 0.1%

2: 0.3%

3: 1.5%

4: 26.6%

5: 40.6%

6: 30.9%

Ordinal

Trip Origin

From where did you trip start?

1: From home

2: From my workplace

3: No Trip

4: Other

1: 53.9%

2: 0.3%

3: 45.3%

4: 0.5%

Nominal

Trip Purpose

What was the purpose of your trip?

1: Bank

2: Doctor/Pharmacy

3: Other

4: Provision of assistance to someone in need

5: Return home

6: Shopping

7: Trip related to work

8: Trip to work

9: Workout/Pet Walking

1: 1.0%

2: 1.4%

3: 1.7%

4: 4.3%

5: 0.2%

6: 14.0%

7: 2.5%

8: 15.6%

9: 14.0%

Nominal

Transport Mode

Which mode of transport was used for your trip?

1: Bicycle

2: Motorcycle

3: On foot

4: Private Car as a driver

5: Private Car as a passenger

6: Public Transport

7: Semi Truck

8: Special Bus

9: Taxi as a passenger

10: Truck

11: Other

1: 0.8%

2: 1.0%

3: 26.1%

4: 23.7%

5: 2.0%

6: 0.5%

7: 0.2%

8: 0.2%

9: 0.2%

10: 0.1%

11: 0.1%

Nominal

Trip Destination

Where did the trip end?

1: Bank

2: Food stores

3: Friend’s/relative’s home

4: Home

5: Outdoors location

6: Pharmacy/Doctor

7: Workplace

8: Other

1: 1.0%

2: 13.6%

3: 4.7%

4: 0.6%

5: 14.2%

6: 1.5%

7: 17.7%

8: 1.4%

Nominal

Transport Mode for Commuting - Typical

Transport mode for transition to work before lockdown movement restrictions were in effect

1: Bicycle

2: Motorcycle

3: On foot

4: Private Car as a driver

5: Private Car as a passenger

6: Public Transport

7: Special Bus

8: Taxi as a passenger

1: 0.8%

2: 2.0%

3: 8.3%

4: 24.9%

5: 2.3%

6: 3.1:

7: 0.8%

8: 0.2%

Nominal

Transport Mode for Commuting - Lockdown

Transport mode for transition to work after lockdown movement restrictions were in effect

1: Bicycle

2: Motorcycle

3: On foot

4: Private Car as a driver

5: Private Car as a passenger

6: Public Transport

7: Special Bus

8: Taxi as a passenger

1: 0.6%

2: 1.6%

3: 9.6%

4: 26.7%

5: 2.4%

6: 1.1%

7: 0.2%

8: 0.2%

Nominal

Transport Mode - Shopping - Typical

Transport more for transition to an essential goods store before lockdown movement restrictions were in effect

1: Bicycle

2: Motorcycle

3: On foot

4: Private Car as a driver

5: Private Car as a passenger

6: Public Transport

7: Special Bus

8: Taxi as a passenger

1: 1.3%

2: 2.9%

3: 31.2%

4: 44.2%

5: 4.2%

6: 1.8%

7: 0.0%

8: 0.2%

Nominal

Transport Mode - Shopping - Lockdown

Transport mode for transition to an essential goods store after lockdown movement restrictions were in effect

1: Bicycle

2: Motorcycle

3: On foot

4: Private Car as a driver

5: Private Car as a passenger

6: Public Transport

7: Special Bus

8: Taxi as a passenger

1: 1.3%

2: 1.9%

3: 35.8%

4: 40.9%

5: 5.6%

6: 0.2%

7: 0.1%

8: 0.0%

Nominal

Stores- Preferences-Lockdown

Do you prefer the same stores as the ones you did before the lockdown movements restrictions were in effect?

1: Didn’t make this kind of trip during the previous week

2: Shops in a longer distance

3: Shops in a shorter distance

4: The same shops

1: 14.2%

2: 8.3%

3: 19.7%

4: 57.7%

Nominal

Perception of Safety

Do you prefer to visit stores during days and hours that you believe the store will be less crowded?

1: Didn’t make this kind of trip during the previous week

2: Shop only during low traffic days and hours

3: Shop during any day or hour

1: 14.2%

2: 74.9%

3: 10.9%

Nominal

Perception of Security

Do you feel secure outdoors due to the streets being less crowded, compared to before the lockdown movement restrictions were in effect?

1: I feel as secure as before

2: I feel less secure

3: I feel more secure

1: 52.3%

2: 14.7%

3: 33.0%

Nominal