6.2.4. Dynamics with time

comparison, all 13.5% of the men who responded to shopping at night were alone. Men, especially married men enjoy the freedom of not being restricted by other social factors. ‘No restrictions’ scored the highest (average point of 3.47). Unmarried women were the group most restricted by all the factors, Hostel/home curfew, Nightfall, and timings of public transport. Although the sample thus drawn is not a representative one, it does offer valuable insight into perceptions and leisure behaviour.

As seen in the table below, out of the 79.3% of women who reported to avoid certain parts of consumption spaces because of their gender (41.51% of men in comparison), 37.68% found lack of proper lighting as a reason for the same. It is to be noted that this was only 13.64% in case of men, the least chosen option.

Figure 13. Responses for spatial accessibility by specific gender (Source: Author)

6.2.5. Safety

In the survey, respondents were asked to indicate the factors influencing their choice of consumption space on a ten-point Likert scale (10 – most influential, and 1 –least influential). See Figure 12 for average values of the responses.

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