IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/cog/socinc/v9y2021i2p208-221.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Daily Mobility Patterns: Reducing or Reproducing Inequalities and Segregation?

Author

Listed:
  • Lina Hedman

    (Centre for Research and Development, Uppsala University/Region Gävleborg, Sweden)

  • Kati Kadarik

    (Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University, Sweden)

  • Roger Andersson

    (Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University, Sweden)

  • John Östh

    (Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University, Sweden / Department of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala University, Sweden)

Abstract

Theory states that residential segregation may have a strong impact on people’s life opportunities. It is unclear, however, to what extent the residential environment is a good representation of overall exposure to different people and environments. Daily mobility could reduce the negative effects of segregation if people change environments and/or become more mixed. They could also enhance existing segregation patterns if daily mobility produces more segregated environments. This article uses mobile phone data to track daily mobility patterns with regard to residential segregation. We test the extent to which patterns differ between residents in immigrant-dense areas and those from areas with a greater proportion of natives. Results suggest, in line with previous research, that daily mobility patterns are strongly segregated. Phones originating from more immigrant-dense areas are more likely to (1) remain in the home area and (2) move towards other immigrant-dense areas. Hence, although mobility does mitigate segregation to some extent, most people are mainly exposed to people and neighbourhoods who live in similar segregated environments. These findings are especially interesting given the case study areas: two medium-sized Swedish regions with relatively low levels of segregation and inequality and short journey distances.

Suggested Citation

  • Lina Hedman & Kati Kadarik & Roger Andersson & John Östh, 2021. "Daily Mobility Patterns: Reducing or Reproducing Inequalities and Segregation?," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(2), pages 208-221.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:socinc:v9:y:2021:i:2:p:208-221
    DOI: 10.17645/si.v9i2.3850
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/3850
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.17645/si.v9i2.3850?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. David Wong & Shih-Lung Shaw, 2011. "Measuring segregation: an activity space approach," Journal of Geographical Systems, Springer, vol. 13(2), pages 127-145, June.
    2. Yiming Tan & Mei-Po Kwan & Zifeng Chen, 2020. "Examining Ethnic Exposure through the Perspective of the Neighborhood Effect Averaging Problem: A Case Study of Xining, China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(8), pages 1-17, April.
    3. Siiri Silm & Rein Ahas, 2014. "Ethnic Differences in Activity Spaces: A Study of Out-of-Home Nonemployment Activities with Mobile Phone Data," Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 104(3), pages 542-559, May.
    4. Shareck, Martine & Kestens, Yan & Frohlich, Katherine L., 2014. "Moving beyond the residential neighborhood to explore social inequalities in exposure to area-level disadvantage: Results from the Interdisciplinary Study on Inequalities in Smoking," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 108(C), pages 106-114.
    5. Ott Toomet & Siiri Silm & Erki Saluveer & Rein Ahas & Tiit Tammaru, 2015. "Where Do Ethno-Linguistic Groups Meet? How Copresence during Free-Time Is Related to Copresence at Home and at Work," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(5), pages 1-16, May.
    6. Matthew Hall & John Iceland & Youngmin Yi, 2019. "Racial Separation at Home and Work: Segregation in Residential and Workplace Settings," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 38(5), pages 671-694, October.
    7. Malia Jones & Anne Pebley, 2014. "Redefining Neighborhoods Using Common Destinations: Social Characteristics of Activity Spaces and Home Census Tracts Compared," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 51(3), pages 727-752, June.
    8. Krishna Pendakur & Ravi Pendakur & Pieter Bevelander, 2016. "Are Residential and Workplace Concentration Correlated for Immigrants? Evidence for Sweden," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 17(3), pages 687-706, August.
    9. Mei-Po Kwan, 2018. "The Neighborhood Effect Averaging Problem (NEAP): An Elusive Confounder of the Neighborhood Effect," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-4, August.
    10. Matz Dahlberg & Per-Anders Edin & Erik Gronqvist & Johan Lyhagen & John Osth & Alexey Siretskiy & Marina Toger, 2020. "Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Population Mobility under Mild Policies: Causal Evidence from Sweden," Papers 2004.09087, arXiv.org.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Tiit Tammaru & David Knapp & Siiri Silm & Maarten van Ham & Frank Witlox, 2021. "Spatial Underpinnings of Social Inequalities: A Vicious Circles of Segregation Approach," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(2), pages 65-76.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Lina Hedman & Kati Kadarik & Roger Andersson & John Östh, 2021. "Daily Mobility Patterns: Reducing or Reproducing Inequalities and Segregation?," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(2), pages 208-221.
    2. Zhang, Yanji & Wang, Jiejing & Kan, Changcheng, 2022. "Temporal variation in activity-space-based segregation: A case study of Beijing using location-based service data," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 98(C).
    3. Siiri Silm & Veronika Mooses & Anniki Puura & Anu Masso & Ago Tominga & Erki Saluveer, 2021. "The Relationship between Ethno-Linguistic Composition of Social Networks and Activity Space: A Study Using Mobile Phone Data," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(2), pages 192-207.
    4. Olle Järv & Anu Masso & Siiri Silm & Rein Ahas, 2021. "The Link Between Ethnic Segregation and Socio‐Economic Status: An Activity Space Approach," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 112(3), pages 319-335, July.
    5. Veronika Mooses & Siiri Silm & Tiit Tammaru & Erki Saluveer, 2020. "An ethno-linguistic dimension in transnational activity space measured with mobile phone data," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 7(1), pages 1-13, December.
    6. Liang Cai & Guangwen Song & Yanji Zhang, 2024. "Understanding neighborhood income segregation around the clock using mobile phone ambient population data," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-13, December.
    7. Siiri Silm & Veronika Mooses & Anniki Puura & Anu Masso & Ago Tominga & Erki Saluveer, 2021. "The Relationship between Ethno-Linguistic Composition of Social Networks and Activity Space: A Study Using Mobile Phone Data," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(2), pages 192-207.
    8. Abbasi, Sorath & Ko, Joonho & Min, Jaehong, 2021. "Measuring destination-based segregation through mobility patterns: Application of transport card data," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).
    9. Yiming Tan & Mei-Po Kwan & Zifeng Chen, 2020. "Examining Ethnic Exposure through the Perspective of the Neighborhood Effect Averaging Problem: A Case Study of Xining, China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(8), pages 1-17, April.
    10. Katarzyna Sila-Nowicka & A. Stewart Fotheringham & Urška Demšar, 2023. "Activity triangles: a new approach to measure activity spaces," Journal of Geographical Systems, Springer, vol. 25(4), pages 489-517, October.
    11. Duan, Zhengyu & Zhao, Haoran & Li, Zhenming, 2023. "Non-linear effects of built environment and socio-demographics on activity space," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 111(C).
    12. Olle Järv & Kerli Müürisepp & Rein Ahas & Ben Derudder & Frank Witlox, 2015. "Ethnic differences in activity spaces as a characteristic of segregation: A study based on mobile phone usage in Tallinn, Estonia," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 52(14), pages 2680-2698, November.
    13. Fei Li & Donggen Wang, 2017. "Measuring urban segregation based on individuals’ daily activity patterns: A multidimensional approach," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 49(2), pages 467-486, February.
    14. Tiit Tammaru & David Knapp & Siiri Silm & Maarten van Ham & Frank Witlox, 2021. "Spatial Underpinnings of Social Inequalities: A Vicious Circles of Segregation Approach," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(2), pages 65-76.
    15. Matthew Hall & John Iceland & Youngmin Yi, 2019. "Racial Separation at Home and Work: Segregation in Residential and Workplace Settings," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 38(5), pages 671-694, October.
    16. Xingang Zhou & Zifeng Chen & Anthony GO Yeh & Yang Yue, 2021. "Workplace segregation of rural migrants in urban China: A case study of Shenzhen using cellphone big data," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 48(1), pages 25-42, January.
    17. Seong-Yun Hong & Yeorim Kim & Yongchae Lee, 2023. "Ethnic segregation on linguistic landscapes," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 50(7), pages 1916-1931, September.
    18. Fei Chen & Suhong Zhou & Junwen Lu & Zhong Zheng, 2024. "A behavioral explanation of the activity-space segregation: Individuals’ preference of choosing an activity destination," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 51(9), pages 1995-2011, November.
    19. Farber, Steven & O'Kelly, Morton & Miller, Harvey J. & Neutens, Tijs, 2015. "Measuring segregation using patterns of daily travel behavior: A social interaction based model of exposure," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 49(C), pages 26-38.
    20. Li, Ran & Tong, Daoqin, 2016. "Constructing human activity spaces: A new approach incorporating complex urban activity-travel," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 23-35.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:cog:socinc:v9:y:2021:i:2:p:208-221. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: António Vieira or IT Department (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.cogitatiopress.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.