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The structure of joint leisure trips: analyzing two-person leisure trips of Dutch students

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  • Ettema, Dick
  • Zwartbol, Danielle

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This paper investigates the spatial structure of students’ leisure trips and to what extent locational characteristics of social network partners influence decisions about their joint leisure activities and travel. To this end a survey was held among university students asking them about details of their last leisure trip made with a friend. Cluster analysis suggests that four typical leisure trip patterns can be derived. Three clusters seem to be determined by the residential locations of ego and alter. Depending on the residential distance between ego and alter, leisure trip distances are either short for ego and alter (if residential distance is very short), somewhat longer for both (if residential distance is slightly longer) or long for at least one partner (if residential distance is large). A fourth cluster includes cases with long leisure trips for both partners, independent of residential distance, representing cases where specific destinations are visited. A more detailed analysis of travel distance suggests that travel distance depends on size of the residential municipality, residential distance and objective and perceived quality of leisure facilities such as cafés, bars and restaurants. Overall, our study provides support for the idea that leisure trip decisions should be understood on the level of social network ties (i.e. ego and alter) rather than based on individual characteristics only. Also, it provides support for the idea that a focus on single ties, rather than on the structure of social networks as a whole, increases our insight in leisure trip decision making.Keywords: Social network links, Social-recreational travel, Spatial context, Students

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  • Ettema, Dick & Zwartbol, Danielle, 2013. "The structure of joint leisure trips: analyzing two-person leisure trips of Dutch students," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 31(C), pages 216-225.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jotrge:v:31:y:2013:i:c:p:216-225
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2013.05.006
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