Workplace location research with the Understanding Society
Dr Darja Reuschke received a research fellowship from the Understanding Society (ESRC) to explore workplace address data linked to individual records.
Background
The Understanding Society is the largest Household Panel dataset which started in the UK in 2009. Darja has worked with the dataset on various topics including on commuting, homeworking and health. Since 2019, the Understanding Society asks people with external workplaces about the address of where they work. Darja is the first to work with these data under a secure licence agreement with the UK Data Archive.
Objectives
Objectives
The geographical area surrounding workplaces has not been considered in research on employee wellbeing and inequality. Since many spend a significant amount of their time at a workplace, the geographical areas in which they work are important spaces of exposure to physical, natural and social environments. In contrast, a large literature has studied place effects of where people live on health and well-being. As area-level effects, this research tests natural environment factors (e.g. distance to and area coverage of nearest public parks/gardens) as well as built environment factors (e.g. walkability of neighbourhood) all of which have been related with subjective well-being and health in relation to residential neighbourhoods. The area-level data are generated from other data sources and linked to individual records.
- Explore influences of natural and built environment factors of the geographical area where individuals work on job satisfaction
- Investigate area-based characteristics of workplaces across occupational groups
- Provide new insights into area-based workplace inequalities.
Research Team
Research Team
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