Byles Julie, Gallienne Lucy
Research Centre for Gender, Health and Ageing, Faculty of Health, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
J Women Aging. 2012;24(2):113-25. doi: 10.1080/08952841.2012.639661.
This study uses data from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health to describe the trends in the proportion of older women who drive themselves as their main means of transport, factors associated with giving up driving, and the impact of women's caring roles on driving cessation. Compared to major cities, the odds of driving were 110% higher in outer regional areas, particularly for women carers. This highlights the importance of informed and responsive transport policies to address the needs of older women who are unable to continue driving, those living in rural areas, and women who are carers.
本研究使用来自澳大利亚妇女健康纵向研究的数据,以描述老年女性将自行驾车作为主要交通方式的比例趋势、与放弃驾车相关的因素,以及女性照料角色对停止驾车的影响。与大城市相比,偏远地区女性驾车的几率高出110%,尤其是女性照料者。这凸显了制定明智且灵活的交通政策对于满足无法继续驾车的老年女性、农村地区女性以及女性照料者需求的重要性。