Table 1 Sociodemographic description of drivers interviewed in each city
Location | Helsinki, capital of Finland, 0.7 million residents | Saint Petersburg, second-largest city in Russia, 5.4 million residents, | London, capital of the UK, 9.9 million residents. |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of interviews | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Field work period | 01/ 2020-06/2020 | 12/2019- 02/2020 | 04/ 2021-06/2021 |
Average age of informants (out of/20) | 43 (19/20) | 37(17/20) | 45 (19/20) |
Average duration of interview, minutes | 37 | 30 | 52 |
Uber/Yandex driving as main job | 16/20 | 12/17 | 17/19 |
Ride-hailing apps used for finding informants | Uber | Yandex.Taxi | Uber |
Other | on-location | on-location | video/voice call |
University level education | 12/20 University degree | 8/19 University degree | 4(2)/18 University degree (incomplete) |
Mode of work (entrepreneur) | entrepreneurs | in-between employee (from control/autonomy perspective) and self-employment (bare full responsibility for welfare) status | entrepreneurs |