Studies in Middle Income Housing

Abstract

(35.3 percent) was recorded as having nil travelling time. The occupations that appeared to influence this figure most were those of hospital and institutional staffs, nurses, nuns, etc. It is clear that only a very minor fraction of the women clerical workers fall in this category. This breakdown revealed that the women in clerical occupations spent more time travelling to work than those in prof ssi nal occupations. For clerical workers 14.6 percent spent more than half an hour travelling to work, whereas 9.3 percent of the professional women fell in this category. Several hypotheses might be advanced to explain these occupational differences and similarities. No information is available which would indicate the means of transport utilized by respective occupational groups. The intensive investigation of particular areas, plus significant demographic and ecological information, have been made possible by the recent availability of national data of the type here described. This can be used by planners and city authorities. It should be remembered that the data described here refer only to travelling one way to place of work: doubling this gives the aggregate travelling time of the population on each working day and points up the significance of this phenomenon in the life of the nation. The present necessity of spending so much of each day in an unprofitable activity has important implications in our search for societal adjustment to our urbanized, technological civilization.