How is transport access linked to employment?

Connect commutes, transport access, household location and employment to study work accessibility.

The record concepts include commute / trip context, home-work relationship, transport access, trip / commute context, mobility events, employment spells and employer / work transitions. Inspect recorded commuting and transport access measures. Connect job entry and continuity over time. Describe associations without assuming transport causes work outcomes.

This dataset is prepared to order. Choose the city, date range and required scope; the accepted order defines the population, final fields, formats and delivery.

Onboarded city options

Nairobi (Kenya) · Lagos (Nigeria)

Custom city requests

African Major Cities · Additional cities require availability, scope and quote confirmation.

Data type

Synthetic

Connected domains

Transport, Employment, Households, Demographics

Catalogue structure

Longitudinal

Key features

Record concepts for your order-specific extract.

Who it is for

• Transport economists
• planners
• labour researchers
• policy teams

Entities represented

Resident-level

This identifies the entities described by the catalogue. The analytical row grain, eligibility, keys and dates are agreed for your extract.

Explore transport access and commuting alongside recorded work entry, continuity and transitions.

Record concepts for your extract

• commute / trip context
• home-work relationship
• transport access
• trip / commute context
• mobility events
• employment spells
• employer / work transitions

The agreed specification defines the final columns, keys, relationships and observation period for your order.

Use documented access measures and dated employment spells; distinguish observed commute behavior from accessibility measures and preserve their timing.

Proposed questions for your custom order

1. How are recorded transport access and commuting conditions associated with employment entry, continuity and transitions across household groups?
2. How is access to transport associated with employment opportunities?
3. How does transport access relate to entering, keeping or changing a job?
4. How do access and employment patterns vary between household groups?
5. How does transport access vary across employment circumstances?
6. What access patterns occur around entering or changing a job?
7. How do commute and employment histories differ between household groups?
8. Do changes in home-work relationships coincide with employment transitions?

Proposed research and analytical applications

• Cohort comparison
• Longitudinal analysis
• Research design
• Sensitivity analysis

Data generation

FCTE synthetic city engine

Data classification

Synthetic

FCTE generation methods and published city/domain checks provide source context. The order defines the final extract and the release-specific checks, documentation and limitations supplied with it.

Known limitations

• Association research is supported by the stated scope. Causal policy effects and jobs-reachable calculations require additional design and network inputs.
• Synthetic records describe generated scenarios; they do not establish observed population prevalence or real-world causal effects.

Catalogue base price

$495 USD

Price basis

Base price per selected city

Availability

Prepared after order

The displayed catalogue amount is a base price per selected city. Your requested dates, population, fields, formats and usage rights determine the agreed scope and final quote. Applicable published discounts and taxes are confirmed with that quote.

Your prepared package

Your order confirms the data files, documentation, evidence, examples and release controls included in the prepared package.

• Agreed data extract
• Schema and field documentation
• Release-specific evidence and limitations
• Agreed loading or analysis examples
• Licence, manifest, checksums and delivery note

SD_RESEARCH_DATASET/
├── data/
│   ├── transport_records.parquet
│   ├── employment_records.parquet
│   ├── household_history.parquet
│   └── citizens.parquet
├── documentation/
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── DATA_DICTIONARY.csv
│   ├── SCHEMA.md
│   └── METHODOLOGY.md
├── evidence/
│   ├── CERTIFICATION.json
│   ├── VALIDATION_REPORT.pdf
│   └── KNOWN_LIMITATIONS.md
├── MANIFEST.json
├── CHECKSUMS.sha256
└── LICENSE.pdf

Delivery process

Confirm the cities, date range, records, formats, rights and price in writing. The order-specific extract is then prepared and supplied under the agreed payment and delivery conditions.

One secure download package for the agreed release and licensed entity.

Delivery timing, access expiry, formats and prerequisites are confirmed in the accepted order.

Support, refreshes, future releases, hosting and APIs are included only when expressly ordered.

Data Licensing Agreement · 2026-10

A non-exclusive, non-transferable licence for the named customer within the accepted scope and duration.

Permitted use

Internal research, development, testing and analytics within the accepted order.

Model training

Model training, external applications, commercial distribution and access by other legal entities must be expressly addressed in the order.

Redistribution

Raw or substantially reconstructable data cannot be resold, published or redistributed without separate written authorization.

Attribution

Preserve release provenance and applicable third-party notices. Published outputs must identify the data as synthetic.