Geodemographics conventionally refers to the classification of geographical areas based on the socioeconomic characteristics of their residents. In this paper, we develop the novel concept of a classification based on the characteristics of workers and workplaces. The paper describes the implementation of this concept at the small area level for the whole of the UK, which has involved reconciliation of three slightly different national censuses. It presents a summary of the resulting classification (a Classification of Workplace Zones for the UK (COWZ-UK)) and an innovative validation exercise based on comparison with a very large digital mapping dataset containing specific workplace locations. The openly available classification provides important new insights into the characteristics of workers and workplaces at the small area level across the UK, which will be useful for analysts in a range of sectors, including health, local government, transport and commerce. The generic concept of a classification based on the characteristics of workers and workplaces within a set of workplace zones is transferable to other countries, with refinement to reflect context- and country-specific phenomena. The concept can be readily implemented by census agencies or other data providers where individual level worker and workplace data are available.

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制定国家工作场所地理地理分类

地理人口学通常是指根据其居民的社会经济特征对地理区域进行分类。在本文中，我们根据工人和工作场所的特征开发了一种新颖的分类概念。本文描述了在整个英国的小区域范围内实施此概念的过程，该过程涉及对三个略有不同的国家人口普查进行和解。它提供了所得分类的摘要（英国工作区分类（COWZ-UK）），以及根据与包含特定工作地点的超大型数字地图数据集进行比较而进行的创新性验证工作。公开可用的分类提供了对英国小区域级别的工人和工作场所特征的重要新见解，这对于包括卫生，地方政府，运输和商业在内的多个部门的分析师将很有用。基于一组工作场所区域中的工人和工作场所的特征进行分类的通用概念可以转移到其他国家/地区，并进行细化以反映上下文和特定于国家/地区的现象。可以由人口普查机构或其他数据提供者容易地实施此概念，只要有个人级别的工人和工作场所数据即可。基于一组工作场所区域中的工人和工作场所的特征进行分类的通用概念可以转移到其他国家/地区，并进行细化以反映上下文和特定于国家/地区的现象。可以由人口普查机构或其他数据提供者容易地实施此概念，只要有个人级别的工人和工作场所数据即可。基于一组工作场所区域中的工人和工作场所的特征进行分类的通用概念可以转移到其他国家/地区，并进行细化以反映上下文和特定于国家/地区的现象。可以由人口普查机构或其他数据提供者容易地实施此概念，只要有个人级别的工人和工作场所数据即可。