How is our mobility affected as we age? Findings from a 934 users field study of older adults conducted in an urban Asian city

• Main Authors: TAN, Yi Zhen, TRAN, Ngoc Doan Thu, LIN, Sapphire, ZHAO, Fang, NG, Yee Sien, MA, Dong, KO, JeongGil, BALAN, Rajesh Krishna
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: Human-centered computing; Empirical studies in collaborative and social computing; Applied computing; Law; social and behavioral sciences; Asian Studies; Databases and Information Systems; Gerontology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9214; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/10220/viewcontent/3662008.3662016.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In this paper, we analyze the results of a large study involving 934 older adults living in an urban Asian city that collected their mobility patterns, in the form of logged GPS data, along with a multitude of demographic and health data. We show that mobility, in terms of average distance travelled...