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Household Transport in 1999 and 2000: Some Scottish Household Survey results
5. Reasons for not driving, reasons for never learning to drive, and estimated annual personal mileage driven - people aged 17 or over(Table 7)
5.1 In the second part of the SHS interview, one randomly-chosen adult member of each household is asked about his/her circumstances and views. Therefore, the results are based on smaller sample numbers than the earlier analyses. In addition, because the method of recording the answers to some questions changed (see section A.13 of the "Notes and Definitions"), in some cases results are given only for the period from July 1999 onwards.
5.2 In cases where, in the first part of the interview, the Highest Income Householder (or his/her spouse/partner) had said that the randomly-chosen adult either (a) had never held a full UK driving licence or (b) never drove nowadays, the interviewer asks why he/she does not drive nowadays. The figures in the second part of Table 7 relate only to such people who were aged 17 or over. The main reasons that they gave for not driving nowadays were that they had never learnt to drive (19% of this sub-group), that they had no interest in driving or had never wanted to drive (14%), and that they did not hold a driving licence (13%). However, 46% said that there was no particular reason why they did not drive. The percentage who said that it was too expensive was highest for those aged under 30, and the percentage giving a health-related reason tended to be higher for the older age-groups.
5.3 If the randomly-chosen adult was said never to have held a full UK driving licence, the interviewer asks why he/she never learnt to drive. The figures in the third part of Table 7 relate only to such people who were aged 17 or over. The main reasons that they gave for never learning to drive were that they had no interest in driving or had never wanted to drive (45% of this sub-group), they could not afford it (22%), they were too nervous or lacked confidence (18%) and that they had no car or could not afford a car (11%). 22% of the women in this sub-group said that they were nervous or lacked confidence compared with only 7% of the men.
5.4 The estimated annual personal mileage driven by adults aged 17 or over is shown at the bottom of Table 7. This excludes any mileage paid for by the person's employment or business. The results shown here were for adults aged 17+, who are said (by the Highest Income Householder, or his/her spouse/partner) to drive nowadays, and have a full driving licence. They were asked how many thousand miles they drove personally in the past year, excluding business mileage. 4% said that they had no personal mileage in the past year, and a further 7% drove less than 1,000 miles per annum, 17% drove 1,000 to 3,000 miles per annum, 22% drove 4,000 to 6,000 miles per annum, 14-19% drove 7,000 to 12,000 miles per annum, and only 5-6% drove more than 13,000 miles. There was some variation between the sexes. 7% of men drove 16,000 miles or more compared to only 2% of women. There was also some variation by age. 24% of 17-19 year olds had driven less than 1,000 miles per annum compared to 6-9% of the other age groups.
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