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A Study of the Characteristics and Psychology of Women with Strollers by a Pedestrian Environment in a Housing Area

주거지 보행환경과 유모차 동반 여성보행자의 외출특성 및 보행심리와의 관계

  • Kim, Myo-Jung (Research Institute of Human Ecology, University of Ulsan)
  • 김묘정 (울산대학교 생활과학연구소)
  • Received : 2016.11.18
  • Accepted : 2017.02.15
  • Published : 2017.02.25
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Abstract

A pedestrian environment provides improved walking conditions and facilities for most pedestrians. However, the walking conditions for women with strollers are poor. The purpose of this study was to provide information on the walking environment planning for women with strollers in an urban housing area through analyse of walking characteristics, patterns of going out, and the psychology of them. This study surveyed 208 women who pushed a baby n a stroller in Gyeongsan. The analysis consisted of calculation of the frequencies, the mean, t-test, and ${\chi}^2$ test. The survey results revealed that, first, the women had their own favorite places in the housing area, and usually went out during the afternoon as various aims. When they went out, they felt stress both psychologically and physically, and they thought that they were weak at walking. Second, the safety and the convenience factors of walking environment were important conditions that make the women to go out often. Third, the environment that have not the accessibility, the amenity, and the diversity also restricted the women from going out with the stroller. As a result, they did mot use the stroller and tended to use their cars to go out. However, when the diversity of the environment is added to walking environment, women invreased their social interactions.

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