Mackett, R; (2021) Mental health, gender and travel behavior. Presented at: Conference on Advancing Transportation Equity, Virtual conference.

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Abstract

In 2019, 19% of the population in the US aged 18 or over had had a mental illness in the previous year, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. There were gender differences: 15% of males and 23% of females. Evidence from the academic literature suggests that there are differences in the nature of the mental health of men and women, with women showing higher rates of mood and anxiety disorders, and men showing higher rates of antisocial personality and substance use disorders. This presentation will discuss gender differences in the travel behavior of people with mental health conditions based on the results of an on-line survey carried out in Great Britain in 2018. The results have been weighted by figures from Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey to make them representative of the population with mental illness in England. The analysis is based on 363 responses. The evidence from the survey in this presentation will show that more women than men have panic attacks, but that more men than women have communication difficulties. More women than men are prevented by their mental health condition from leaving home, using bus, rail and metro and from buying rail tickets in advance. Significantly more women than men suffered from the following anxieties when travelling: the need for support, concern about wayfinding, interacting with fellow travellers and concerns about the failure of the bus, train or car. For women, the greatest need seems to be policies and actions that will increase their confidence when travelling such as being confident that they will be able to talk to staff when assistance is required and knowing that there will be clear information available when they travel, plus the opportunity to receive travel training. More men than women wanted improvements to the traveling environment, such as less clutter on the street. Summing up, implementing improvements to increase confidence when travelling could help to reduce gender inequalities.

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