2001 年 66 巻 547 号 p. 163-168
The purpose of this paper is to describe features of the going-out activities of the elderly urban residents, and to clarify the differences among them who have various demographic characteristics, and the spatial differences in Kumamoto-city. In this paper, we analyze the elderly's going-out activity based on the large-scale survey, that is "person-trip survey data(PT-data)", and try to discuss the problems of the life-environment surround the elderly at not only the individual but the city levels. The findings can be summarized as follows: 1. PT-data is useful statistical data for analyzing the elderly's going-out activities at both the individual and the city levels. 2. The elderly change the extension of their activity space and time, their travel mode, the purpose of their activities according to their sex, age, and whether they are job-holder or not. 3. There are some spatial differences in the elderly's going-out activity, and it is guessed that those differences are influenced by the density of land-use pattern, the level of public transportation service, the distribution of their activity chances.