Analyzing Household Vehicle Ownership in the Japanese Local City: Case Study in Toyota City
Table 4
Explanatory variables.
Name
Description
Mean
Age (dummy)
1 if the age of the householder is 60 years or older; 0 otherwise
0.521
Female (dummy)
1 if the sex of the householder is female; 0 otherwise
0.236
Workers
Number of family members in the employed status
2.286
Member 25
Number of 25-year-old or older family members
1.877
Farmer (dummy)
1 if the occupation of the householder is a farmer; 0 otherwise
0.027
Log (population density)
The population density is calculated based on the small zone used in the 5th Person Trip Survey data shown in Figure 3(a)
7.505
The density of railway stations
The number of railway stations shown in Figure 3(b) divides area (unit: km2) based on the small zone used in the 5th Person Trip Survey. The area of the small zone is extracted from the GIS polygon map
0.147
Annual income (10 million JPY)
The annual household income is complemented based on the ordered probit model shown in Table 2