Research Article

Assessing the Impacts of Stay-in-Place Policy of COVID-19 Pandemic during the Chinese Spring Festival: A Stated Preference Approach

Table 3

Estimation results of the final model.

EstimateStd. error valuesEstimateStd. error.values

Panel effect1.8006110.1044540.0001
COVID-19-care classTrip-care class
Alternative-specific constant
 Conventional railway7.9974492.2195780.00031.0927240.9021210.2258
 High-speed railway9.8413822.2802000.0001−1.7478421.0967030.1110
 Private car4.0640161.9559030.0377−0.9166610.7468930.2197
 Stay in place0.0000000.000000
Alternative-specific attribute
 Travel time
  Conventional railway0.0040290.1265320.9746−1.0405970.1585130.0001
  High-speed railway−0.0333250.2317550.8857−0.9741920.3174500.0021
  Private car0.2128080.2174070.3277−0.4633820.1222720.0002
 Ticket fare
  Conventional railway−0.0115520.0057660.0451−0.0336810.0073710.0001
  High-speed railway−0.0044310.0022200.0459−0.0115830.0029400.0001
 Seat class (conventional railway)
  Hard berth0.0397160.533920
  Hard seat0.0027150.2239890.9903−0.1563760.2572170.5432
  Soft berth0.3570210.2172510.10030.4020440.2582840.1196
  Standing-room only−0.3994520.2328670.0863−0.7795880.2692980.0038
 Seat class (high-speed railway)
  First class−0.2910010.576797
  Second class1.0579800.2403350.0001 0.0738480.2707260.7850
  Business class0.2480260.2089700.23530.1100660.2581800.6699
  Standing-room only−1.0150050.2146430.0001 −0.7607110.2961790.0102
Context attribute
 Subsidy0.0013760.0005510.01260.0001330.0001130.2412
 Confirmed cases in hometown
  Yes−0.6276890.421307
  No0.6276890.6434400.3293−0.4213070.1346500.0018
 Quarantine policy in hometown
  No quarantine policies−5.013357−0.236481
  No quarantine needed with valid negative test reports−0.6397651.3456370.63450.0211190.1793770.9063
  Home quarantine for 14 days2.1569891.0267470.03570.2371270.1779200.1826
  Quarantined in hotels for 14 days3.4961331.0665900.0010 −0.0217650.1963500.9117
 Decisions from social networks
  All stay in place2.631740−0.138801
  Most stay in place0.8198950.7631380.28270.2605620.1779900.1432
  A few stay in place−1.8833530.6817020.00570.0424700.1732860.8064
  None stay in place−1.5682820.7485910.0362−0.1642310.1770380.3536
Std. deviation of error component between conventional and high-speed railway3.2286151.0012380.0013 6.3223261.0181450.0001
Latent class membership
 Age
  Above 400.563990
  31∼400.4907770.1268440.0001
  25∼30−0.3648550.1111660.0010
  Lower than 25−0.6899120.1467040.0001
 Marital status
  Single0.447999
  Married (with kids)−0.2329360.0932710.0125
  Married (no kids)−0.2150630.1009660.0332
 Constant0.9435260.1102460.0001
No. of observations4544
No. of respondents568
No. of scrambled Halton draws100
Initial loglikelihood−6299.322
Final loglikelihood−4310.362
Rho-squared0.3157
Adj. Rho-squared0.3070

value <0.01; value <0.05; value <0.1.