Erika Sandow
Umeå University
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Urban Studies | 2014
Erika Sandow
This paper focuses on the social implications of long-distance commuting on commuters and their spouses in Sweden. In a nation-wide study, the extent to which long-distance commuting increases the odds that couples will separate is investigated through event history analysis. Discrete-time logistic regression models were employed with longitudinal data on Swedish couples in 2000 to explore the odds of separation following long-distance commuting during 1995 to 2005. As expected, the results show that separation rates are higher among long-distance commuting couples compared with non-commuting couples. More complex results show that for men the odds of separating are highest if the commuting is on a temporary basis, and that women’s odds decrease when they continue commuting for a longer time-period. The long-distance commuting effect on relationships also varies depending on residential context.
Environment and Planning A | 2014
Erika Sandow; Olle Westerlund; Urban Lindgren
There is a general belief that expanding labour-market regions, triggered by increased commuting, have positive economic effects on individuals, firms, and society. Recently, however, scholars have reported possible negative outcomes related to health and well-being. Based on these findings, this study addresses the association between long-distance commuting, and mortality. Using longitudinal individual data from between 1985 and 2008, focusing on 55-year-olds in 1994, we model mortality through propensity score matching and Kaplan–Meyer estimates of survival among long-distance commuters and matched controls from the population travelling short distances to work. The results indicate that women who have experienced long-distance commuting face a significantly higher mortality risk compared with women with short commutes to work. This seems to be driven by variations in income and education: for example, for women with long-distance commuting experience, substantially lower survival rates are found among those with low education and low income. A very different picture emerges for men, for whom mortality risks do not seem to be associated with long-distance commuting. Our findings suggest that men and women are subject to different mechanisms regarding the nexus between commuting and mortality.
Journal of Transport Geography | 2008
Erika Sandow
Transportation Research Part A-policy and Practice | 2010
Erika Sandow; Kerstin Westin
GERUM. KULTURGEOGRAFI | 2011
Erika Sandow
Journal of Transport and Land Use | 2010
Erika Sandow; Kerstin Westin
Annals of Regional Science | 2016
Peter Bäckström; Erika Sandow; Olle Westerlund
Archive | 2006
Erika Sandow; Kerstin Westin
Archive | 2007
Erika Sandow; Kerstin Westin
Archive | 2005
Erika Sandow; Kerstin Westin