Exploring Influencing Factors of Intercity Mode Choice from View of Entire Travel Chain

Table 2

Descriptions of category variables.

Variable	Description	Code	Frequency
			Airplane	HSR	Train	Express bus	Total
Gender	Male	1	99	205	166	99	569
	Female	0	62	164	133	57	416
Age	<19	1	1	10	7	5	23
	20–29	2	51	124	145	87	407
	30–39	3	61	135	90	33	319
	40–49	4	32	65	38	19	154
	50–59	5	13	30	16	6	65
	60 and above	6	3	5	3	6	17
Career	Enterprise personnel	1	47	78	71	17	213
	Government personnel	2	31	83	43	17	174
	Student	3	34	82	81	81	278
	Farmer	4	8	22	22	5	57
	Self-employed	5	26	51	48	18	143
	Others	6	15	53	34	18	120
Monthly income	<3K yuan	1	33	81	108	86	213
	3-4K yuan	2	22	103	45	18	174
	4-5K yuan	3	48	122	57	27	278
	5-6K yuan	4	38	40	46	17	57
	6-7K yuan	5	7	10	16	0	143
	>7K yuan	6	13	13	27	8	120
Car ownership	Yes	0	93	176	144	40	453
	No	1	68	193	155	116	532
Travel purpose	Mandatory	1	86	156	155	77	474
	Leisure	0	75	213	144	79	511
Ticket purchasing method	Online	1	159	324	213	92	788
	Counter	0	2	45	86	64	197
Access mode	Public transit	1	94	263	197	123	677
	Private car or taxi	0	67	106	102	33	308
Access time	0–0.5 h	1	28	106	105	79	318
	0.5–1 h	2	51	169	98	45	363
	1–1.5 h	3	82	94	96	32	304
Safety	Very unsafe	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Unsafe	2	1	0	3	6	10
	General	3	19	33	74	49	175
	Safe	4	78	173	167	77	495
	Very safe	5	63	163	55	24	305
Comfort	Very uncomfortable	1	0	0	1	7	8
	Uncomfortable	2	4	4	19	25	52
	General	3	23	57	109	56	245
	Comfortable	4	90	221	145	60	516
	Very comfortable	5	44	87	25	8	164
Punctuality	Very unpunctual	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Unpunctual	2	7	6	13	13	39
	General	3	53	57	80	61	251
	Punctual	4	85	199	166	75	525
	Very punctual	5	16	107	40	7	170
Egress mode	Public transit	1	94	297	214	108	713
	Private car or taxi	0	67	72	85	48	272
Egress time	0–0.5 h	1	31	179	169	110	489
	0.5–1 h	2	73	119	100	30	322
	1–1.5 h	3	57	71	30	15	173