Are There Racial and Ethnical Differences between Workers Who Carpool or Commute to Work?

Abstract

Commuting work plays an important role for those in the United States of America today. Hispanics, Whites, Blacks, Asians, and many other different racial groups workers have to leave their homes to work. Important factors related to one’s commute might include income status, education, residential area, and occupation. It is important to look into these different factors because they will vary and whether the respondent will carpool or commute alone. The purpose of my study is to see if there is a correlation between workers’ race/ethnicity, and whether or not they commute. I also examine racial and ethnic differences in their commute time. I use data from the U.S. Census and American Community Survey. A couple of variables that I will be using for my research project are sex, age, occupation, race, riders, trantime, departs, arrives, hispanic, carpool, and year. My research questions are, “ Are there racial/ethnic differences in workers who commute by carpooling versus those who do not or travel alone? What are the correlations between workers’ race/ethnicity and the amount of time it takes for them to commute?

Details

Session 1

9:30am – 11:00am

Grand Salon