Employment and travel-to-work characteristics of different sections of the work-force of three areas of Manchester (England) were examined. Age, sex, and socio-economic grouping were associated with significant variations in employment and in the transport used to reach the work-place. Men had higher levels of pay, license-holding, access to, and ownership of vehicles; they travelled on average twice as far to reach their work-place as did women. Few women owned or had access to a household vehicle, and two thirds travelled to work by bus or on foot. Women tended to drop out of the labor market for family reasons in early adulthood; on re-entry, many took part-time jobs. Part-timers worked in less skilled jobs which were much nearer to their homes; nearly half reached their work-place on foot. Younger workers had lower levels of personal mobility; license-holding and the use and ownership of vehicles increased with workers' age-groups.


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    Title :

    Travel-to-Work Characteristics of Different Labour-Force Groups: A Survey in Manchester


    Contributors:
    M. Dasgupta (author)

    Publication date :

    1983


    Size :

    41 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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