title: Where Do Ethno-Linguistic Groups Meet? How Copresence during Free-Time Is Related to Copresence at Home and at Work.
abstract: This paper analyzes ethnic segregation across the whole activity space-at place of residence, place of work, and during free-time. We focus on interethnic meeting potential during free-time, measured as copresence, and its relationship to copresence at place of residence and work. The study is based on cellphone data for a medium-sized linguistically divided European city (Tallinn, Estonia), where the Estonian majority and mainly Russian-speaking minority populations are of roughly equal size. The results show that both places of residence and work are segregated, while other activities occur in a far more integrated environment. Copresence during free-time is positively associated with copresence at place of residence and work, however, the relationship is very weak.
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia; Department of Geography, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia.
authors.forename: Ott
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Toomet
authors.affiliation: Department of Geography, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia.
authors.forename: Siiri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Silm
authors.affiliation: Department of Geography, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia; Positium LBS, Tartu, Estonia.
authors.forename: Erki
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Saluveer
authors.affiliation: Department of Geography, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia; Positium LBS, Tartu, Estonia.
authors.forename: Rein
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ahas
authors.affiliation: Department of Geography, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia; Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Tiit
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tammaru
mesh_terms: D005006:Ethnicity; D005060:Europe; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D063505:Racism; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace