Understanding car ownership motivations among Indonesian students

Belgiawan, Schmöcker, Fujii, 2016, in International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

doi:10.1080/15568318.2014.921846

Location	Bandung, Indonesia
Population	Students
Sample size	500
Factor analysis type	principal components, varimax rotation
Stepwise regression	no
Removal of insignificant variables	yes
Reviewed by	LCM

Abstract

Car and motorcycle ownership levels are increasing rapidly in southeast Asian developing countries, leading to unsustainable developments. In this article we focus on car ownership motivations in Bandung, Indonesia, where cars have become the main contributor to traffic congestion. We suggest that attitudes toward cars are important for explaining car ownership trends. Using data from 500 undergraduate students from one university in Bandung, this study constructs five factors regarding car perception through principle component analysis: symbolic/affective, arrogant prestige, independence, comfort, and social/env. care. These five factors plus some sociodemographic variables, such as monthly income, are used as explanatory variables for modeling car ownership using structural equation modeling. Our results suggest that primarily independence, arrogant prestige, and some sociodemographic variables significantly influence car purchase decisions. We discuss tentative implications for transport policy, given the limitations of our sample. © 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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