STATISTICAL YEARBOOK OF THE JIHOČESKÝ REGION 2004 |
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12. POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS 2001 The housing and population census was carried out in accordance with Act No. 158/1999 Coll., as at midnight from 28 February to 1March 2001 (decisive moment). The census covered: all persons permanently resident on the territory of the Czech Republic at the moment of the census and all persons having long-term residence in the Czech Republic at the moment of the census, all persons without permanent or long-term residence in the Czech Republic present on the territory of the Czech Republic at the decisive moment, all houses designed for living (including unoccupied), all dwellings, including unoccupied. In this Yearbook we publish the final part of population and housing census data which concern commuting to work and school and include again the table on long-term development. The questions about commuting to work and to school (place of work, place of schools, commuting frequency, daily getting to work or school, means of transport) were only answered by employed persons and pupils, students and apprentices (even if employed). Included were all such persons who had a permanent or temporary residence in the Czech Republic, irrespective of whether or not they were present at their places of residence at the fixed moment of the census. The data on commuting they provided referred to 1 March 2001. The following data were collected: on getting to the place of work from the place of permanent residence - questions about the location of workplace or school, and on way of getting there (commuting, walking) on everyday movement of employed persons , school children, apprentices and students from the place of permanent or temporary residence - questions about daily getting to work or school (commuting, walking) and means of transport. Persons commuting to work or school (commuters) were persons who reported that the place of their work or school was in a house, municipality or country different from their place of permanent (temporary) residence. Persons commuting to work or school outside the municipality were persons whose municipality of their workplace or school was different from that of permanent residence or whose place of work was abroad. The number of persons commuting from the municipality also included persons whose municipality of their place of work was not identified, provided the district of their place of work was known and differed from the district of their permanent residence. Persons commuting out daily were persons who ticked 'daily' to respond to the question about commuting frequency (other alternatives were 'weekly', 'once or twice a month' or 'other'). The time spent on the way to work or school refers to everyday commuting (walking) to work or schools. Persons who did not go to work from their place of residence daily answered the question by reporting the time of getting to work or school from their place of temporary accommodation. The figure corresponded the total time that elapsed from the moment of leaving home (temporary accommodation) to that of checking in at the workplace or entry in the school building (i.e. it also included the time spent by walking to and from the public transit station/stop, waiting for or changing the means of transport, etc.). The question about the use of means of transport was answered with reference to daily commuting to work or school. All types of means of transport were reported, but the bus only if it crossed the municipality borders. The answer "none" was given by those who only walked to work or school. The indicator employed persons in the tables on commuting includes all working persons except for working students and apprentices who responded to the question about commuting to school, included in the questionnaire. Hence, they are included in the category of students and apprentices in all outputs on commuting, irrespective of whether they were economically active at the fixed moment of the census or not. The figure on the total number of employed persons released in this publication differs from that brought out in other publications showing census results, the reason being that the employed persons in total in the tables on in-commuters and out-commuters exclude working students and apprentices. The indicator commuting balance is the difference between in-commuters and out-commuters. The indicator occupied jobs is the sum of the number of emoployed persons (living on respective territory) and the balance of commuting to work.
© Czech Statistical Office, 2004 Regional Office České Budějovice