Post-invasion household socio-economic and travel analyses in Kuwait

This research project was initiated in response to the concern for the risi ng traffic congestion and the likely changes in household characteristics d ue to the invasion-displacement of a major portion of the population of Kuw ait. The post-invasion socio-economic traits and travel behavior of househo lds in Kuwait is reported. A systematic random sample of 1500 heterogeneous households were person-interviewed. In addition to presenting the socioeco nomic traits of the sample households, the result of the analysis of househ old travel behavior in terms of vehicle-and person-trip rates, by purpose, by mode, by time-of-day, by number of persons per trip, and by trip duratio n is also reported. The result of a correlation analysis and chi-square tes ts demonstrated the significance of the causal relationships which existed between the households' socio-economic traits and their travel behavior. A comparative analysis was also made between the pre- and post-invasion socio -economic, modal distribution and travel behavior, for both the Kuwaiti and the non-Kuwaiti sample households.