This blog reports on journey to work data as released for England and Wales by ONS in December 2022. These data are available from ONS and from the UK Data Service.
The census asked a number of questions about south korea rcs data work, including whether the person had worked in the last seven days, was, number of hours worked, job title and activities, and details of the employer etc. Questions were also asked about the person’s place of work and the transport mode used to travel to work. As in previous censuses, people filling in the form were told to state the method used for the longest part of the journey by distance.
The census date (March 21, 2021) occurred during the pandemic, and thus many peoples’ work was affected. This date was during a phase when a ‘stay at home’ order was in force. The census aimed to gather data about what people were doing at that time, rather than what they may have been doing had the pandemic not occurred. Had the timing been different (for example, if the census had been conducted in March 2020) then speculatively it may have been reasonable to ask someone what they would ‘normally’ be doing, however a year into the pandemic that approach was not possible. The effects of the pandemic were reflected in the question guidance, which stated: