A model of post home-arrival activity participation behavior

The research presented here develops a methodology to jointly model travelers' activity-type choice for participation, home-stay duration before participation in an out-of-home activity and out-of-home activity duration of participation. The paper applies the methodology to examine travelers' activity behavior after returning home at the end of the work tour using data from a Boston region household activity survey. The empirical results underscore the importance of accommodating the inter-relationships among different elements of an individual's activity behavior. The results also provide important insights into the determinants of travelers' post home-arrival activity participation behavior.