Gig economy in Poland

This repository contains four datasets about the number of active users of selected mobile apps purchased from Selectivv company (https://selectivv.com/). Details regarding the data may be found below:

How data was collected: Selectivv uses programmatic advertisements systems that collect information on about 24 mln smartphone users in Poland

Apps: 

• Transportation: Uber, Bolt Driver, FREE NOW, iTaxi, 
• Delivery: Glover, Takeaway, Bolt Courier, Wolt; 

Unit: an active user of a given app. Active = used given app at least 1 minute in a given period (e.g. 1 unit during whole month, half-year).

Period: 2018-2018; monthly and half-year data

Spatial aggregation: country level, city level, functional area level, voivodeship level. Functional area is defined as here https://stat.gov.pl/en/regional-statistics/regional-surveys/urban-audit/larger-urban-zones-luz/ 

Activity time: measured by activity time of given app (in hours; average and standard deviation) 

Datasets:

1. gig-table1-monthly-counts-stats.csv -- the monthly number of active users;
2. gig-table2-halfyear-demo-stats.csv -- the half-year number of active users by socio-demographic variables;
3. gig-table3-halfyear-region-stats.csv -- the half-year number of active users by spatial aggregation;
4. gig-table4-halfyear-activity-stats.csv -- the half-year activity time by working week, weekend, day (8-18) and night (18-8).

Detailed description: 

1. gig-table1-monthly-counts-stats.csv

Structure: 

• month - YYYY-MM-DD -- we set all dates to 15th of given month but actually the data is about the whole month (active users in whole period); 2018-01-15 to 2021-12-15
• app -- app name (Uber, Bolt Driver, FREE NOW, iTaxi, Glover, Takeaway, Bolt Courier, Wolt)
• number_of_users -- the number of active users
• category -- Transportation, Deliver

2. gig-table2-halfyear-demo-stats.csv 

Structure: 

• gender -- men, women
• age -- 18-30, 31-50, 51-64
• country -- Poland, Ukraine, Other
• period -- 2018.1, 2018.2, 2019.1, 2019.2, 2020.1, 2021.2
• apps -- app name (Uber, Bolt Driver, FREE NOW, iTaxi, Glover, Takeaway, Bolt Courier, Wolt)
• number_of_users -- the number of active users
• students -- the share of students within a given row
• parents_of_children_0_4_years -- the share of parents of 0-4 years children in a given row
• parents_of_children_5_10_years -- the share of parents of 5-10 years children in a given row
• women_planning_a_baby -- the share of women planing a baby in a given row
• standard -- the share of standard smartphones in a given row
• premium_i_phone -- the share of iPhone smartphones in a given row
• other_premium -- the share of other premium smartphones in a given row
• category -- Transportation, Delivery

3. gig-table3-halfyear-region-stats.csv

Structure:

• group -- Voivodeship, Functional Area, Cities
• period -- 2018.1, 2018.2, 2019.1, 2019.2, 2020.1, 2021.2
• region_name:
• Cities -- Białystok, Bydgoszcz, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Katowice, Kielce, Kraków, Łódź, Lublin, Olsztyn, Opole, Poznań, Rzeszów, Sopot, Szczecin, Toruń, Warszawa, Wrocław, Zielona Góra
• Functional Area -- Functional area - Białystok, Functional area - Bydgoszcz, Functional area - Gorzów Wielkopolski, Functional area - GZM, Functional area - GZM2, Functional area - Kielce, Functional area - Kraków, Functional area - Łódź, Functional area - Lublin, Functional area - Olsztyn, Functional area - Opole, Functional area - Poznań, Functional area - Rzeszów, Functional area - Szczecin, Functional area - Toruń, Functional area - Trójmiasto, Functional area - Warszawa, Functional area - Wrocław, Functional area - Zielona Góra
• Voivodeship -- dolnośląskie, kujawsko-pomorskie, łódzkie, lubelskie, lubuskie, małopolskie, mazowieckie, opolskie, podkarpackie, podlaskie, pomorskie, śląskie, świętokrzyskie, warmińsko-mazurskie, wielkopolskie, zachodniopomorskie
• apps -- app name (Uber, Bolt Driver, FREE NOW, iTaxi, Glover, Takeaway, Bolt Courier, Wolt)
• number_of_users -- the number of active users
• category -- Transportation, Delivery

Please note that:

• the number of active users in a given functional area = number of active users in a city and a functional area of this city
• the number of active users in voivodeship = number of active users in a city, its functional area and the rest of the voivodeship where this city and functional area is located 

More details here: https://stat.gov.pl/en/regional-statistics/regional-surveys/urban-audit/larger-urban-zones-luz/ 

4. gig-table4-halfyear-activity-stats.csv

Structure:

• period -- 2018.1, 2018.2, 2019.1, 2019.2, 2020.1, 2021.2
• apps -- app name (Uber, Bolt Driver, FREE NOW, iTaxi, Glover, Takeaway, Bolt Courier, Wolt)
• day -- Mondays-Thursdays, Fridays-Sundays
• hour -- day (8-18), night (18-8)
• activity_time -- in hours 
• statistic -- Average, Std.Dev. (standard deviation)
• category -- Transportation, Delivery