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Table 3 Descriptive statistics

From: Less car, more bicycle? Generation Y as pioneers of changing everyday mobility in Germany

 

2002

2017

Variable

Perc.

Perc.

Mobilty type

  

(0) Rare bicycle and car use

26.9

33.4

(1) Predominant bicycle use

13.6

14.4

(2) Predominant car use

53.6

49.1

(3) Bimodal bicycle and car use

5.9

3.2

Gender

  

(0) Men

47.6

49.4

(1) Women

52.5

50.6

Cohort

  

(0) 1937–1952

30.9

22.9

(1) 1953–1968

39.4

31.1

(2) 1969–1984

29.5

25.9

(3) 1985–1999

–

18.6

Missing values

0.1

1.5

Place of residence

  

(0) Post-industrial metropolis

9.9

11.4

(1) Other metropolis

5.3

7.3

(2) Large cities/mid-sized towns

43.7

39.1

(3) Rural areas

20.0

20.3

Missing values

21.1

21.9

Educational status

  

(0) Lower secondary

66.4

59.7

(1) Upper secondary

32.9

36.4

Missing values

2.7

3.9

Type of household

  

(0) Single-person

18.0

21.5

(1) Couple

31.2

36.9

(2) Three or more adults

10.8

14.0

(3) Family (children below age 18)

40.0

27.0

Missing values

–

0.6

Employment status

  

(0) Full-time

49.6

43.5

(1) Part-time

14.7

15.3

(2) Non-employed

27.1

36.0

Missing Values

8.7

5.2

n

37,078

215,652

  1. Source: Mobility in Germany: MiD person-time-series dataset (own calculations)