TY - JOUR
PY - 2017//
TI - Measuring children's independent mobility: comparing interactive mapping with destination access and licence to roam
JO - Children's geographies
A1 - Bhosale, Julie
A1 - Duncan, Scott
A1 - Stewart, Tom
A1 - Chaix, Basile
A1 - Kestens, Yan
A1 - Schofield, Grant
SP - 678
EP - 689
VL - 15
IS - 6
N2 - Children's independent mobility (IM) lacks a standardised definition and measurement protocol. Interactive mapping applications can capture geographically defined mobility data. In this study of 219 children, independent parental licences (IM Licence) and allowances to travel to certain locations unsupervised (IM Index) were collected through a questionnaire, and compared to IM-roaming areas derived from the Visualisation and Evaluation of Route Itineraries, Travel Destinations, and Activity Spaces (VERITAS-IM) mapping application. Significant relationships were found between the VERITAS-IM-derived measures and traditional measures of IM (IM Licence and IM Index).
RESULTS suggest the perceived degree of children's IM is heavily dependent on the assessment method and a combination of methods should be considered.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 1473-3285 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2017.1293232 ID - ref1 ER -