TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Sense and sensibility: A narrative study of older women’s car driving
JO  - Transportation research part F: traffic psychology and behaviour
A1  - Siren, Anu
A1  - Hakamies-Blomqvist, Liisa
SP  - 213
EP  - 228
VL  - 8
IS  - 3
N2  - The present study uses a qualitative approach to examine the personal meanings older women attach to cars and driving. The data consist of 10 narrative interviews with Swedish women aged 69–87, carried out in 2002. In the analysis, a social constructionist perspective was combined with a narrative approach focusing on how the women described the important actors and their respective positions during different periods of their driving histories. In addition, a life-course perspective and feminist theorizing on marginalization influenced the analysis. The aim of the study was to better understand the social reality surrounding older women’s driving and the mechanisms that marginalize women as road users throughout their life course. Two main themes emerged, reflecting the “sense and sensibility
LA  - en
SN  - 1369-8478
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2005.04.008
ID  - ref1
ER  -