Deconstructing a gender difference: Driving cessation and personal driving history of older women
Journal of Safety ResearchPublished 1 January 2003
Fuzhong Li, Anu Sirén
Citations116
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The results suggest that the decision to stop driving is related to driving habits rather than gender.
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The length and level of activity of personal driving history were strongly associated with driving cessation and continuation. Ex-drivers tended to have an inactive driving career behind them, whereas drivers had a more active personal driving history. In addition, those women with an active, "male-like" driving history who had decided to stop driving gave reasons for driving cessation that were similar to what is known about older men's reasons to give up driving. The results suggest that the decision to stop driving is related to driving habits rather than gender.
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