Perception of parents and guardians on safe distance for children to travel to public areas

Children safety is of utmost important. Children are susceptible to safety risk while traveling to public areas such as schools, parks and bus stops. Perception of parents and guardians on the safety of their children determines their decision whether or not to allow their children to travel to publ...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Osman, Mariana, Abdullah, Muhammad Faris, Khalid, Najihan, Bachok, Syahriah, Rabe, Noor Suzilawati, Shuid, Syafiee, Ponrohono, Zakiah
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English
Published: Malaysian Institute of Planners 2017
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/57311/1/Safe%20Distance.pdf
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author Mohamed Osman, Mariana
Abdullah, Muhammad Faris
Khalid, Najihan
Bachok, Syahriah
Rabe, Noor Suzilawati
Shuid, Syafiee
Ponrohono, Zakiah
author_facet Mohamed Osman, Mariana
Abdullah, Muhammad Faris
Khalid, Najihan
Bachok, Syahriah
Rabe, Noor Suzilawati
Shuid, Syafiee
Ponrohono, Zakiah
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description Children safety is of utmost important. Children are susceptible to safety risk while traveling to public areas such as schools, parks and bus stops. Perception of parents and guardians on the safety of their children determines their decision whether or not to allow their children to travel to public areas and how. This study looks at the perception of parents and guardians on the safe distance for children to travel to public areas. 4,500 respondents were surveyed. It was found that parents and guardians perception of safe distance is heavily influenced by distance and children's age factors.
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spelling iium-573112017-07-18T07:11:50Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/57311/ Perception of parents and guardians on safe distance for children to travel to public areas Mohamed Osman, Mariana Abdullah, Muhammad Faris Khalid, Najihan Bachok, Syahriah Rabe, Noor Suzilawati Shuid, Syafiee Ponrohono, Zakiah H Social Sciences (General) H65 Schools. Institutes of social sciences Children safety is of utmost important. Children are susceptible to safety risk while traveling to public areas such as schools, parks and bus stops. Perception of parents and guardians on the safety of their children determines their decision whether or not to allow their children to travel to public areas and how. This study looks at the perception of parents and guardians on the safe distance for children to travel to public areas. 4,500 respondents were surveyed. It was found that parents and guardians perception of safe distance is heavily influenced by distance and children's age factors. Malaysian Institute of Planners 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57311/1/Safe%20Distance.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57311/2/57311-Perception%20of%20parents%20and%20guardians%20on%20safe%20distance%20for%20children_SCOPUS.pdf Mohamed Osman, Mariana and Abdullah, Muhammad Faris and Khalid, Najihan and Bachok, Syahriah and Rabe, Noor Suzilawati and Shuid, Syafiee and Ponrohono, Zakiah (2017) Perception of parents and guardians on safe distance for children to travel to public areas. Planning Malaysia Journal, 15 (1). pp. 201-208. ISSN 1675-6215 E-ISSN 0128-0945 http://www.planningmalaysia.org/index.php/pmj/article/view/235/215 10.21837/pmjournal.v15.i6.235
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
H65 Schools. Institutes of social sciences
Mohamed Osman, Mariana
Abdullah, Muhammad Faris
Khalid, Najihan
Bachok, Syahriah
Rabe, Noor Suzilawati
Shuid, Syafiee
Ponrohono, Zakiah
Perception of parents and guardians on safe distance for children to travel to public areas
title Perception of parents and guardians on safe distance for children to travel to public areas
title_full Perception of parents and guardians on safe distance for children to travel to public areas
title_fullStr Perception of parents and guardians on safe distance for children to travel to public areas
title_full_unstemmed Perception of parents and guardians on safe distance for children to travel to public areas
title_short Perception of parents and guardians on safe distance for children to travel to public areas
title_sort perception of parents and guardians on safe distance for children to travel to public areas
topic H Social Sciences (General)
H65 Schools. Institutes of social sciences
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/57311/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/57311/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/57311/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/57311/1/Safe%20Distance.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/57311/2/57311-Perception%20of%20parents%20and%20guardians%20on%20safe%20distance%20for%20children_SCOPUS.pdf