Prevalence of Car Ownership and Car Driving Among Elderly in Sweden.
(1984) In Journal of Traffic Medicine 12.- Abstract
- In a mail survey of about 900 men and women above the age of 65 living in one small and large city in Sweden and also in a longitudinal and cohort comparison population study of people between the ages of 70 to 79, living in another large city, questions were asked about car-driving and the possession of a driver's license and of a car. In the age-group 65-74 half of the households owned a car, while in the age group 75-79 only 22 percent had a car. Of all people above the age of 65, 33 percent held a driver's license. At the age of 65-69 about every second person had a driver's license, while at the age of 75-79 this proportion was about one fourth to one third and at 85 years or above less than one in five held a driver's license. A... (More)
- In a mail survey of about 900 men and women above the age of 65 living in one small and large city in Sweden and also in a longitudinal and cohort comparison population study of people between the ages of 70 to 79, living in another large city, questions were asked about car-driving and the possession of a driver's license and of a car. In the age-group 65-74 half of the households owned a car, while in the age group 75-79 only 22 percent had a car. Of all people above the age of 65, 33 percent held a driver's license. At the age of 65-69 about every second person had a driver's license, while at the age of 75-79 this proportion was about one fourth to one third and at 85 years or above less than one in five held a driver's license. A pronounced sex difference in holding a driver's license was evident, the ratio males to females being 7:2 at the age of 65-69 and 7:1 at the age of 70-74. A decrease in the frequency of car-driving was found with increasing age. This was not primarily due to reduction in driving frequency with increasing age due to i.e. medical reasons, but seems to be a consequence of a lower prevalence of holding a driver's license. Only 15 percent of those men who drove a car at the age of 70 had given this up at the age of 79. (Less)
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- Ståhl, Agneta LU and Rundgren, Åke
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- 1984
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- Contribution to journal
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- Driver licenses, Aged drivers, Gender, Automobile ownership
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- Journal of Traffic Medicine
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- 12
- publisher
- IAATM
- ISSN
- 0345-5564
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- English
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- yes
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abstract = {{In a mail survey of about 900 men and women above the age of 65 living in one small and large city in Sweden and also in a longitudinal and cohort comparison population study of people between the ages of 70 to 79, living in another large city, questions were asked about car-driving and the possession of a driver's license and of a car. In the age-group 65-74 half of the households owned a car, while in the age group 75-79 only 22 percent had a car. Of all people above the age of 65, 33 percent held a driver's license. At the age of 65-69 about every second person had a driver's license, while at the age of 75-79 this proportion was about one fourth to one third and at 85 years or above less than one in five held a driver's license. A pronounced sex difference in holding a driver's license was evident, the ratio males to females being 7:2 at the age of 65-69 and 7:1 at the age of 70-74. A decrease in the frequency of car-driving was found with increasing age. This was not primarily due to reduction in driving frequency with increasing age due to i.e. medical reasons, but seems to be a consequence of a lower prevalence of holding a driver's license. Only 15 percent of those men who drove a car at the age of 70 had given this up at the age of 79.}},
author = {{Ståhl, Agneta and Rundgren, Åke}},
issn = {{0345-5564}},
keywords = {{Driver licenses; Aged drivers; Gender; Automobile ownership}},
language = {{eng}},
publisher = {{IAATM}},
series = {{Journal of Traffic Medicine}},
title = {{Prevalence of Car Ownership and Car Driving Among Elderly in Sweden.}},
volume = {{12}},
year = {{1984}},
}