SPS SPS SM Statistics 2024 April — Question 3

Exam BoardSPS
ModuleSPS SM Statistics (SPS SM Statistics)
Year2024
SessionApril
TopicBivariate data
TypeInterpret census or real-world data

3. The table shows the increases, between 2001 and 2011, in the percentages of employees travelling to work by various methods, in the Local Authorities (LAs) in the North East region of the UK.
Geography codeLocal authorityWork mainly at or from homeUnderground, metro, light rail or tramBus, minibus or coachDriving a car or vanPassenger in a car or vanOn foot
E06000047County Durham0.74\%0.05\%-1.50\%4.58\%-2.99\%-0.97\%
E06000005Darlington0.26\%-0.01\%-3.25\%3.06\%-1.28\%0.99\%
E08000020Gateshead-0.01\%-0.01\%-2.28\%4.62\%-2.35\%-0.18\%
E06000001Hartlepool0.03\%-0.04\%-1.62\%4.80\%-2.38\%-0.26\%
E06000002Middlesbrough-0.34\%-0.01\%-2.32\%2.19\%-1.33\%0.67\%
E08000021Newcastle upon Tyne0.10\%-0.23\%-0.67\%-0.48\%-1.51\%1.75\%
E08000022North Tyneside0.05\%0.54\%-1.18\%3.30\%-2.21\%-0.60\%
E06000048Northumberland1.39\%-0.08\%-0.95\%3.50\%-2.37\%-1.44\%
E06000003Redcar and Cleveland-0.02\%-0.01\%-2.09\%4.20\%-2.06\%-0.49\%
E08000023South Tyneside-0.36\%2.03\%-3.05\%4.50\%-2.41\%-0.51\%
E06000004Stockton-on-Tees0.14\%0.03\%-2.02\%3.52\%-2.01\%-0.15\%
E08000024Sunderland0.17\%1.48\%-3.11\%4.89\%-2.21\%-0.52\%
\section*{Increase in percentage of employees travelling to work by various methods} The first two digits of the Geography code give the type of each of the LAs:
06: Unitary authority
07: Non-metropolitan district
08: Metropolitan borough
  1. In what type of LA are the largest increases in percentages of people travelling by underground, metro, light rail or tram?
  2. Identify two main changes in the pattern of travel to work in the North East region between 2001 and 2011. Now assume the following.
    • The data refer to residents in the given LAs who are in the age range 20 to 65 at the time of each census.
    • The number of people in the age range 20 to 65 who move into or out of each given LA, or who die, between 2001 and 2011 is negligible.
    • Estimate the percentage of the people in the age range 20 to 65 in 2011 whose data appears in both 2001 and 2011.
    • In the light of your answer to part (c), suggest a reason for the changes in the pattern of travel to work in the North East region between 2001 and 2011.
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