An Alternative Measure of Stage in Life Cycle
Project Description
This project introduces a new concept in describing the structure of households. The average age of the household, and its relationship to the age of the individual, are shown to have some interesting properties which provide greater insight into the structure of households, particularly as an individual grows older. The relationships betwen age of the individual and the average age of the household are shown to provide extra information to that contained in more conventional descriptive measures of household structure. In addition, the average age of the household, and its relationship to the age of the individual, are shown to be more significant predictors of daily trip rates. The project shows that the new variables have promise, and that further investigation of the properties of the variables should be undertaken.
