A travel-to-work survey of 3000 employed adults was carried out in 1978 in an inner and two outer areas of greater Manchester. This report examines the employment and work-travel characteristics of young workers (16-19 year olds). results of the survey show that when compared with the total labour-force, there was a higher proportion of young workers in `junior' non-manual jobs, particularly among women. The earning capacity of the young was low and 93 per cent lived with their parents. Low levels of vehicle ownership, and licence holding resulted in low levels of car use (only 5 per cent drove to work) and consequently a high dependence on slow and inflexible modes of transport. among young women over 80 per cent used public transport or walked to work. Among young men, the lack of access to cars was offset to some extent by the use of motorcycles and pedal cycles. Car sharing was two or three times more common in the outer areas as was the use of motorcycles. On average, young workers spent more time on their work journey than the total workforce although they travelled shorter distances. Unlike the total labour force, young workers travelled longer distances by bus than by car. (Author/publisher)
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