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O-LevelGeographyPopulation and settlement2217/22 · May/June 2014 · Q58 Marks

Study Table 1, which shows zone of work for workers living in six zones in a city of an LEDC.

  1. (a)(i)Which zone has the highest percentage of people working at home?[1]
  2. (a)(ii)What percentage of people resident in zone 3 commute to work in zone 1?[1]
  3. (a)(iii)Which zone provides the largest percentage of commuters travelling into zone 1 for work?[1]
  4. (b)(i)Fig. 7 shows the position of the zones. With reference to Fig. 7 and Table 1, compare the number of workers who work and live in the same zone.[1]
  5. (b)(ii)Suggest two reasons for the differences.[2]
  6. (c)Suggest why some workers would be classified in Table 1 as “other”.[2]

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  1. [1] (a) (i) Zone 4
  2. [1] (ii) 6.7
  3. [1] (iii) Zone 2
  4. [1] (b) (i) General decrease from zone 1 to zone 6
  5. [2] (ii) Lots of jobs in Zone 1 as CBD
  6. Other high percentages due to industrial zones
  7. Zone 6 is on edge of city so more people have to travel elsewhere to work
  8. Zone 6 may have better housing for high paid CBD workers
  9. [2] (c) Work outside all of zones 1–6 / city
  10. Mobile job, e.g. taxi
  11. Work in more than 1 location

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Topic
Population and settlement, O-Level Geography (syllabus 2217). Structured question, 8 marks.
Source
O-Level Geography, May/June 2014 Paper 2 Variant 2, question 5.

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