Fig. 4: What explains place and social exploration?.
From: Mobility patterns are associated with experienced income segregation in large US cities
a To explain social (σs) and place (σp) exploration, as well as experienced income segregation (S), for each individual, we constructed a number of demographic variables from their residence (at the level of census block group), variables about the amount of time they spent in each place category, and variables about their geographical mobility. b Percentage of variance explained by different groups of variables (Residence, Places or Geographical Mobility), estimated via regression models for σp, σs and S. c Relative fraction of time spent by individuals in different groups (quantiles) of place exploration (top) and social exploration (bottom). Individuals with high place exploration are more likely to visit categories related to entertainment, food, and shopping, while those with low place exploration visit Education, Factories, and Warehouses. This behavior is not found for social exploration (σs), where all categories are visited more or less evenly by different groups. d Residential demographic characteristics for the different groups of place exploration (top) and social exploration (bottom). Social exploration is correlated with variables such a Poverty, use of Public Transportation, or percentage of white/Black population. However, place exploration is almost independent of those demographic characteristics.
