Perceived constraints to travel across the US-Mexico border among American university students
✍ Scribed by Culum Canally; Dallen J. Timothy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 127 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1099-2340
- DOI
- 10.1002/jtr.614
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
This paper examines the primary structural barriers or constraints to travel across the US‐Mexico border to visit Mexican border towns, in particular among students at a major university near the border. Factor analyses resulted in the identification of three primary types of perceived constraints erected by the international boundary, namely, personal safety, institutional and disinterest. Pearson correlation tests found that familiarity with the border and what lies on the other side does not have a significant bearing on the barriers perceived by student travellers. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.