Struktura obyvatelstva jako faktor prostorového chování populace: úroveň vzdělání a dojížďka

Abstract

Socio - demographic structure as a factor of spatial behaviour of population: The level of education and commuting This article contributes to the limited number of studies on the influence of social stratification on the spatial behaviour of the population. It describes the spatial behaviour differences of the Czech population based on its social demographic structure and its development. The level of education has been chosen as a proxy for social and economic status. Spatial interactions are examined by the commute indicator usage. The article compares differences in commute to commuting centres of different sizes and hierarchic status. It uses data from the census of 2001 and 2011 and applies clus- ter analysis and chi - squared test of homogeneity. The results show a decrease in the commute time tolerance between the years 2001 and 2011. Additionally, they point out the differences in commuting behaviour between populations with a low and me-dium level of education and the highly educated population. Also, the differentiation based on the hierarchic status of the commuting destination was successfully proven.