How commuting (time) satisfaction is influenced by changes in employment status, while accounting for satisfaction with life domains? A European Analysis

This paper studies how changes in the employment status of people and their interactions with satisfaction in different life domains impact commuting satisfaction, more specifically, commuting time satisfaction (CTS). We performed a multivariate logistic regression for 32 European countries using the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) dataset. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that analyses the link between employment variables, satisfaction with life and life domains on CTS for 170,750 respondents. Results of the logistic regression conclude that part-time employees and those with a permanent contract have higher CTS compared to their counterparts. Likewise, employees who did not change their employment status have higher CTS than those who experienced a change from unemployment to now being employed (i.e. from zero commutes to now commuting to work). Furthermore, the likelihood of being satisfied with commuting time versus not satisfied increases with the increase in satisfaction with the other life domains.