Influence of Socio-economic Attributes on Travel Behaviour in the Rural Areas of Nigeria: Towards a Sustainable Rural Planning and Development

Figures & data

Figure 1. Relationship between socio-economic characteristics, locational pattern, and travel pattern.

Figure 2. Study locations.

Table 1. Variable description

Variables	Description
Gender	Male/ Female
Age	What is your age in Years (18 years, 20 years, etc.)
Household Size	How many of you live and feed from the same pot in the house or dwelling unit
Occupation	What is the nature of your job (Farming, Civil servant, etc.)
Educaction	What is your highest level of education? Primary school, Secondary/High School/ or Tertiary education
Number of Years spent in the pursuit of Formal Education	If you choose tertiary education as your highest academic qualification, how many years in total did you spend to acquire formal education? e.g., Diploma (2 years or 4 years)Bachelors degree (4 years) Bsc+ Msc (6–8 years etc), Phd etc
Income of Respondents	What is your average monthly income?
Number of Cars in the household	How many functional vehicle (s) do you have in your household?
Trip Frequency	Number of daily Round Trip(s). (Completed trips)

Table 2. Socio-economic characteristics of respondents

Characteristic	Variable	Frequency	Percent
Age	Less than 30 years	68	20.8
	30–39 years	46	14.0
	40–49 years	44	13.5
	50–59 years	26	8.0
	60–69 years	143	43.7
	70 years and above	-	-
Household size	Less than 6 person	68	20.4
	6–9 persons	251	75.4
	10 persons and above	14	4.2
Educational status	No formal education	18	5.9
	Primary school education	16	5.2
	Secondary school education	167	54.4
	Tertiary education	104	33.9
	Other	2	.7
Number of years spent in the pursuit of tertiary education	0−2 years	52	49
	3–5 years	32	30.1
	6–9 years	16	15.1
	10 years and above	6	6
Occupation of household head	Civil servant	32	10.6
	Artisans/self-employed	56	18.5
	Business men/women	45	14.9
	NGO/Private organization	2	.7
	Health worker	4	1.3
	Farming	122	40.3
	Security personnel	6	2.0
	Others	36	11.9
Average monthly income of household head	<20,000	118	34.8
	20,000–39,999	66	19.5
	40,000–59,999	73	21.5
	60,000–79,999	48	14.2
	80,000–99,999	14	4.1
	100,000 and above	20	5.9
Number of cars in the household	0	124	49.6
	1	98	39.2
	2	18	7.2
	3	6	2.4
	4	2	0.8
	5	2	0.8

Source: Author’s Field Work

Table 3. Travel characteristics of households

	Variable	Frequency	Percent
Number of trips made in a day	1	235	71.9
	2	72	22.0
	3	16	4.9
	4	2	.6
	5	2	.6
	6 and above	-	-
Purpose of the trip	Work	215	65.3
	Shopping	6	1.8
	School	40	12.2
	Recreation	10	3.0
	Farm	22	6.7
	Place of worship	28	8.5
	Others	8	2.4
Dominant mode of transportation	Walking	137	43.2
	Bicycle	10	3.2
	Private car	44	13.9
	Public transport	78	24.6
	Others	48	15.1
Average cost of making trips to the following places (N)/week	Work	1971.0	19.9
	Shopping	-	-
	School	4,286.0	43.3
	Recreation	900.0	9.1
	Health	2,743.0	27.7
	Religious	-	-
	Others	-	-

Source: Author’s Field Work, 2020.

Table 4. Multiple regression analysis of socio-economic characteristics and travel

Model		Unstandardized Coefficients		Standardized Coefficients	T	Sig.
		B	Std. Error	Beta
1	(Constant)	5.034	1.762		2.857	.003
	Average monthly income of the household head	8.342E-005	.000	.394	2.146	.042
2	(Constant)	9.943	2.807		3.542	.002
	Average monthly income of the household head	8.015E-005	.000	.379	2.206	.037
	Age	−.174	.081	−.371	2.159	.041

Source: Author’s Field Survey, 2020

a. Dependent Variable: Trip frequency