Discretionary activity location choice: in-home or out-of-home?

Abstract

Activity location choice, In-home activities, Out-of-home activities, Mixed logit, Activity attributes,

Examining the relationships between individual’s time use and activity participations with their health indicators

“…Discretionary activities for satisfying household and personal physiological and biological needs [37] were defined as maintenance activities. This includes in-home maintenance activities, such as housekeeping and nursing activities, as well as out-of-home maintenance activities such as grocery shopping, health treatment activities and other service activities (such as going to bank, post office) [38].…”

“…This includes in-home maintenance activities, such as housekeeping and nursing activities, as well as out-of-home maintenance activities such as grocery shopping, health treatment activities and other service activities (such as going to bank, post office) [38]. As leisure activities were discretionary activities undertaken within individual's available time either inhome or out-of-home for satisfying cultural and physiological needs [37]. This includes entertainment (such as watching TV, listening music/radio, reading magazines/ newspapers and accessing the Internet), social and family activities (such as meeting with family members and friends, visiting relatives/friends and undertaking sport, leisure, and voluntary activities and going on holiday).…”

Tradeoffs between in- and out-of-residential neighborhood locations for discretionary activities and time use: do social contexts matter?

“…The existing literature has acknowledged the importance of various space-time constraints and opportunities determined by the physical, institutional and social contexts of individuals' residential environments in the location choice for daily activities (Chen et al, 2013;Farber et al, 2010;Miller, 2005;Neutens et al, 2011). In addition, previous studies have also examined the influence of the activity features (e.g., Bhat and Gossen, 2004;Akar et al, 2011;Wang and Lin, 2013) and that of the household and personal socio-demographic characteristics (e.g., Lu and Pas, 1999;Akar et al, 2011) on where daily activities are conducted and time is spent. There is, however, not much research on the influence of social contexts on individuals' decisions about engagement in and time allocation to activities in different locations.…”

“…This argument is relevant for understanding the tradeoffs between activities performed in the residential neighborhood and out of the neighborhood. Numerous studies have examined the tradeoffs between in-home and out-of-home activities and their implications for daily trip making (e.g., Akar et al, 2011;Bhat and Gossen, 2004;Yamamoto and Kitamura, 1999). The choice between in-and out-of-neighborhood activities may also have significant implications for trip-making behavior.…”

“…Understanding the tradeoffs between in-and out-of-neighborhood activities may add to the literature on the division between in-home and out-of-home activities (Akar et al, 2011;Yamamoto and Kitamura, 1999). Out-of-home activities include in-and outof-neighborhood activities, but the former is more likely to derive non-motorized travel and less likely to generate motorized travel than the latter.…”