Til Work Do Us Part: The Social Fallacy of Long-distance Commuting

Erika Sandow

Urban Studies, 2014, vol. 51, issue 3, 526-543

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: long-distance commuting; social costs; household separations; longitudinal study; event history analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098013498280

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