Does neighbourhood count in affecting children's journeys to schools?

Does neighbourhood count in affecting children's journeys to schools?

• Loo, B. P. Y. Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Lam, W. W. Y. Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Children's Geographies, 13(1), 89-113, 2015

Routledge

2015

• C Psychology & Learning
  • CC Motivation of Learning

Neighborhoods School Field Trips Education Children -- Research Hong Kong Accessibility Independent Mobility Journeys to Schools Neighbourhood School Provision

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Primary Education

This study examines two factors affecting children's school journeys – independent mobility and accessible school opportunities. Two time-geography based indicators, the spatial extent of potential path area and the number of weighted school places reachable (labelled OPP), are estimated. Multi-level modelling has been developed to analyse the interplay of individual, household and neighbourhood factors. Hong Kong is used as a case study because the neighbourhood effects on school provision within compact cities have not been well studied. The results show that 30.4% of the children's school journeys were made without adult companions. Half of the children walked to schools. The multi-level analysis suggests that nearly 90% of the variance in both indicators was found at the individual level. Neighbourhood, though not a decisive factor, does have impacts on the number of accessible school choices.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2013.828450

• English

Journal Articles

• 14733285

• 10.1080/14733285.2013.828450

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/7e8d71b4

2015-03-12