Moro, E., Calacci, D., Dong, X. et al. Mobility patterns are associated with experienced income segregation in large US cities. Nat Commun

Objective:

• A more through understanding of behavior and mobility beyond residence, including individual motivation for visiting different places and encountering other groups of people

Case:

• 11 US CBSAs

Methodology:

• Exploration and preferential return model
• Income segregation index
• OLS

Data Source

• Mobile phone: Cuebiq
• ACS

Findings:

• Most areas in cities are home to both highly integrated and highly segregated places

• Two most important variables are its category and its average travel distance

• Most encounters in a city happen in places that are far beyond people’s home neighborhoods

• Experienced income segregation is largely described by social exploration and place exploration

Coding Reference:

• R