Do Seniors Get to the Disco by Bike or in a Taxi?—Classification of Seniors According to Their Preferred Means of Transport

Abstract

AbstractAnalysis of the preferences of the oldest group of citizens seems especially important and up to date in the context of an ageing Polish society. It is important to determine the mobility of this group by examining the most frequently used means of transport for different travel needs. Studies that define the mobility types of older people can be found, but there are not many and they would require modifications to reflect Polish society specifically. In this paper, an attempt to classify elderly people in Poland in terms of their transport preferences has been made, based on literature research and expert knowledge. At the same time, using primary data from a survey of seniors, a cluster analysis was performed using the Ward's method based on a distance matrix, calculated using the Sokal–Michener metric. The aim of the paper is to test the validity of the obtained classifications. As shown by the results obtained, e.g. the Rand index, there is high similarity, despite the different number of groups in each segmentation; the validity of the proposed expert segmentation is therefore confirmed.KeywordsSeniorsTransport preferences of the elderlyMobility types of seniorsCluster analysisClassification agreement