Hess, S orcid.org/0000-0002-3650-2518, Shires, J and Jopson, A (2013) Accommodating underlying pro-environmental attitudes in a rail travel context: application of a latent variable latent class specification. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 25. pp. 42-48. ISSN 1361-9209
Abstract
Using data from a stated preference survey conducted in the UK, we show how the relative importance that rail travellers attach to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and faster journey times varies strongly as a function of underlying attitudes towards the environment. We specify a latent class structure that allocates respondents to two classes with substantially different valuations of greenhouse gas emissions, and show how the allocation of a given respondent to either class is a function of underlying attitudes that also drive the answers to a number of attitudinal questions. We also show how these underlying attitudes are a function of a number of socio-demographic characteristics, with female respondents, older respondents, and respondents with a university degree having a stronger pro-environmental attitude, with the opposite applying to respondents with regular car access.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2013, Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Environmental attitudes; Greenhouse gas emissions; Rail transport; Stated preference method |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Economics and Discrete Choice (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Sustainable Transport Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 14 Jul 2016 16:05 |
Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2018 14:05 |
Published Version: | http://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2013.07.003 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.trd.2013.07.003 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:91381 |