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From: Insights into shopping travel behavior: latent classes in relation to attitudes towards shopping
Model variable | Description |
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Indicators | |
Shopperpurchase | Frequency of shopping for daily needs [at least 3 times per week, less often] |
Carshoppurchase | Car is the mode of transportation used for shopping for daily needs [yes, no] |
Nearbyshopping | One-way distance traveled for grocery shopping [0–1 km, 1–5 km, > 5 km] |
Shopperstroll | Frequency of window shopping in the inner city [weekly, monthly, less often] |
Shopperonline | Frequency of third-party deliveries [weekly, monthly, less often] |
Carusershare | Proportion of car use within a typical week in relation to the use of other modes of transportation [> 0.66, ≤ 0.66 and > 0.33, ≤ 0.33] |
Obligationshare | Proportion of the number of work or school trips in relation to all trips of different areas of life [> 0.5, ≤ 0.5] |
Active covariates | |
young | Being aged between 18 and 35 years |
carinhh | Having at least one car within the household |
children | Children are living in the household |
employed | Being full-time or part-time employed |
highdensity | Living in areas with high population density, i.e. 15,000 inhabitants per km2 |
highpoi | Living in areas with high number of POIs, i.e. 150 POIs per km2 built-up area. |
Attitudinal Factors | |
In-Store | Joy of shopping in traditional stores |
ShoppingNorm | Preference to support local retailers and to buy as little as possible on the Internet |
ProCar | Positive attitude towards a motor car |
NoPublicTransit | Attitudes towards public transport |
NoBike | Attitudes towards bicycles |