The Scottish Government

Table 6

People aged 17 and over - frequency of driving: 1999 / 2000

Every day

Per Week

Per Month

Holds full licence, never drives

Total with a full driving licence

Does not have a full driving licence

Sample size (=100%)

At least 3 times

Once or twice

At least 2-3 times

At least once

Less than once

row percentages

n =

All people aged 17+

45

8

4

1

1

2

4

64

36

55,104

by year:

1999

44

7

5

1

1

2

4

64

36

26,847

2000

45

8

4

1

0

2

4

64

36

28,257

by sex:

Male

56

8

5

1

1

2

4

77

23

25,782

Female

35

7

4

1

1

2

4

53

47

29,322

by age:

17 - 19

14

5

3

1

1

3

2

29

71

2,628

20 - 29

44

7

5

2

1

4

4

66

34

7,676

30 - 39

60

7

4

1

0

1

3

78

22

10,747

40 - 49

60

7

4

1

0

1

3

76

24

9,991

50 - 59

51

8

4

1

0

2

4

71

29

9,090

60 - 69

34

10

5

1

0

2

7

59

41

7,496

70 - 79

19

9

5

1

0

2

6

42

58

5,330

80 and over

8

6

2

1

0

1

5

23

77

2,146

by current situation ^$:

Self-employed

78

8

4

1

0

1

1

93

7

3,078

Employed full-time

67

6

4

1

0

1

2

82

18

20,602

Employed part-time

49

9

4

1

0

1

3

67

33

5,884

Looking after home / family

27

9

4

1

1

1

4

47

53

4,527

Permanently retired from work

23

10

5

1

0

2

6

47

53

12,803

Unemployed and seeking work

21

5

4

1

1

3

7

42

58

2,191

Higher / further education

21

8

7

3

2

9

5

56

44

2,177

Permanently sick or disabled

17

6

5

1

0

2

10

42

58

2,577

by social class of Highest Income Householder:

Professional occupations

64

12

7

1

1

2

2

89

11

2,856

Managerial and technical occs.

64

10

5

1

1

1

2

83

17

12,305

Skilled non-manual occupations

51

8

4

1

1

2

5

72

28

5,359

Skilled manual occupations

56

6

4

1

0

1

3

71

29

11,417

Partly skilled occupations

41

6

4

1

1

2

4

59

41

5,260

Unskilled occupations

29

4

3

1

1

2

5

45

55

1,643

by annual net household income:

up to 5,000

21

7

4

1

1

4

7

45

55

3,438

over 5,000, up to 10,000

21

6

4

1

1

2

6

41

59

12,212

over 10,000, up to 15,000

38

7

4

1

1

2

5

58

42

11,267

over 15,000, up to 20,000

52

8

4

1

1

1

3

71

29

9,529

over 20,000, up to 25,000

62

8

5

1

0

1

2

80

20

7,178

over 25,000, up to 30,000

67

9

5

1

0

1

2

86

14

4,575

over 30,000, up to 40,000

70

10

5

1

0

1

1

89

11

3,819

over 40,000

73

11

5

1

0

1

1

92

8

1,943

by urban / rural classification:

Large urban areas

37

7

4

1

1

2

5

57

43

17,629

Other urban areas

46

7

4

1

0

2

4

63

37

17,268

Small "accessible" towns

48

9

5

1

0

1

3

68

32

5,362

Small "remote" towns

47

9

5

1

0

2

3

67

33

2,551

"Accessible" rural areas

57

10

5

1

0

1

2

77

23

7,283

"Remote" rural areas

54

12

6

2

1

1

3

77

23

4,992

by property type:

detached house

65

11

5

1

0

1

2

86

14

14,057

semi - detached house

51

9

4

1

0

1

3

70

30

13,552

terraced house

41

6

4

1

0

2

4

58

42

11,971

flat or maisonette

27

5

4

1

1

3

6

47

53

15,252

by number of bedrooms: ¹

1

22

4

4

1

1

2

8

41

59

4,761

2

37

7

4

1

1

2

5

57

43

17,791

3

50

8

4

1

0

2

3

69

31

23,677

4

59

10

5

1

1

2

2

79

21

6,850

5 or 6

59

11

5

1

1

3

2

83

17

1,821