ABSTRACT
Journeys to work in the primary sector are usually quite short, especially in agriculture and forestry, as place of residence and place of work are frequently one and the same thing. A total of 27.5% of Finland’s labour force was employed in secondary sector industries in 1990. The preliminary results indicate that journeys to work can be used as indicators of functional regional structure. Journeys to work in the manufacturing sector, which are markedly longer than those in the primary sector, also lend themselves to examination by reference to distance class. The preliminary results indicate that journeys to work can be used as indicators of functional regional structure. Travel to work and mobility in general constitute major constraints on the dynamics of regional structure. The reason for the latter difference is that the women were more often engaged in work taking place close to the farm or on its premises, such as cattle rearing.
