Study of Work-Travel Related Behavior Using Principal Component Analysis

• 作者: Cira Souza Pitombo Monique Martins Gomes
• 来源期刊: 统计学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: TRAVEL BEHAVIOR Principal COMPONENT ANALYSIS EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS
• 年，卷（期）: 2014,（11）
• 页码范围: 889-901
• 页数: 13页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

The main objective of this study is to analyze work travel-related behavior through a set of variables relative to socio-economic class, urban environment and travel characteristics. The Principal Component Analysis was applied in a sample consisting of workers of the S?o Paulo Metropolitan Area, based on the origin-destination home interview survey, carried out in 1997, in order to: 1) examine the interdependence between travel patterns and a set of socioeconomic and urban environment variables;2) determine if the original database can be synthetized on components. The results enabled to observe relations between the individual’s socio-economic class and car usage, characteristics of urban environment and destination choices, as well as age and non-motorized travel mode choice. It is then concluded that the database can be adequately summarized in three components for subsequent analysis: 1) urban environment;2) socio-economic class;and 3) family structure.