ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health2021
National movement patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand: the unexplored role of neighbourhood deprivation.
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- Accessibility and Essential Travel: Public Transport Reliance Among Senior Citizens During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in big data · 2022Article
- Transport changes and COVID-19: From present impacts to future possibilities.New Zealand geographer · 2021Article
- Community vulnerability and mobility: What matters most in spatio-temporal modeling of the COVID-19 pandemic?Social science & medicine (1982) · 2021Article
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people's mobility: A longitudinal study of the U.S. from March to September of 2020.Journal of transport geography · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has asked unprecedented questions of governments around the world. Policy responses have disrupted usual patterns of movement in society, locally and globally, with resultant impacts on national economies and human well-being. These interventions have primarily centred on enforcing lockdowns and introducing social distancing recommendations, leading to questions of trust and competency around the role of institutions and the administrative apparatus of state. This study demonstrates the unequal societal impacts in population movement during a national 'lockdown'.
methodsWe use nationwide mobile phone movement data to quantify the effect of an enforced lockdown on population mobility by neighbourhood deprivation using an ecological study design. We then derive a mobility index using anonymised aggregated population counts for each neighbourhood (2253 Census Statistical Areas; mean population n=2086) of national hourly mobile phone location data (7.45 million records, 1 March 2020-20 July 2020) for New Zealand (NZ).
resultsCurtailing movement has highlighted and exacerbated underlying social and spatial inequalities. Our analysis reveals the unequal movements during 'lockdown' by neighbourhood socioeconomic status in NZ.
conclusionIn understanding inequalities in neighbourhood movements, we are contributing critical new evidence to the policy debate about the impact(s) and efficacy of national, regional or local lockdowns which have sparked such controversy.
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