| Summary: | Access to affordable, reliable, and safe transportation is
critical in improving the welfare of individuals in developing
countries. Yet, transport data are limited overall, and
data that address the different patterns of use by women
and men are even scarcer. A few studies have shown,
however, that women and men have different transport
needs and constraints. Typically, analysis of these topics
has been hampered largely by the costs involved in carrying
out the large-scale transportation surveys needed
to provide such data. There are household surveys, however,
that can provide further insights into how women
and men use transportation in the developing world. Four
common household surveys—income and expenditure
surveys, living standards measurement study surveys,
demographic and health surveys, and multiple indicator
cluster surveys—are reviewed to identify the extent
to which they can provide transportation planners and
researchers with relevant data. The results are mixed.
Substantial data on one or two aspects of transportation,
such as cost and mode used to visit education and
health facilities, are available across countries; however,
the surveys contain little information on other important
factors, such as mode choice, security, and travel patterns.
A marginal influence on surveys to expand the data
collected on gender and transportation may be possible.
Stand-alone transport surveys, however, will continue to
be needed to foster the production of gender statistics in
transportation in developing countries and the incorporation
of gender differences into transport decisions.
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