The Scottish Government

Table 10

Adults (16+) - frequency of cycling in the previous seven days ¹: 1999 / 2000

As means of transport (ie to go somewhere- eg work, shopping, or friends)

Just for pleasure or to keep fit

Sample size (=100%)

No days

1 -2

3 -5

6 -7

1 +days

No days

1 -2

3 -5

6 -7

1 +days

row percentages

n =

All people aged 16+

97

1

1

1

3

96

3

1

0

4

28,277

by year:

1999

97

1

1

1

3

96

3

1

0

4

13,743

2000

97

1

1

1

3

97

2

1

0

3

14,534

by sex:

men

96

2

1

1

4

95

3

1

1

5

12,115

women

98

1

1

0

2

98

2

0

0

2

16,162

by age:

16 - 19

94

3

2

2

6

95

3

1

1

5

971

20 - 29

96

2

1

1

4

96

3

1

0

4

3,374

30 - 39

96

2

1

1

4

94

4

1

0

6

5,699

40 - 49

97

1

1

1

3

95

4

1

0

5

4,441

50 - 59

98

1

1

1

2

97

2

1

0

3

4,380

60 - 69

98

1

1

0

2

98

1

1

0

2

4,253

70 - 79

99

1

0

0

1

99

1

0

0

1

3,546

80 and over

100

0

0

0

0

100

0

0

0

0

1,613

by current situation ^$:

Self-employed

97

2

1

0

3

95

4

1

1

5

1,365

Employed full-time

96

2

1

1

4

95

4

1

0

5

9,097

Employed part-time

97

1

1

1

3

96

3

1

0

4

2,870

Looking after home / family

98

1

1

0

2

98

2

0

0

2

2,445

Permanently retired from work

99

1

0

0

1

99

1

0

0

1

8,291

Unemployed and seeking work

94

4

1

1

6

95

3

1

1

5

1,200

Higher / further education

94

2

3

2

6

95

3

1

1

5

764

Permanently sick or disabled

99

1

0

0

1

99

1

0

0

1

1,514

by social class:

Professional occupations

94

3

2

1

6

93

6

1

0

7

854

Managerial and technical occs

97

2

1

0

3

94

4

1

0

6

4,552

Skilled non-manual occupations

97

1

1

1

3

96

2

1

0

4

3,663

Skilled manual occupations

96

2

1

1

4

95

3

1

0

5

3,406

Partly skilled occupations

95

2

2

1

5

95

3

1

1

5

2,603

Unskilled occupations

94

2

2

2

6

96

2

0

1

4

997

by annual net household income:

up to 5,000

96

1

1

1

4

97

2

1

0

3

2,439

over 5,000, up to 10,000

98

1

1

1

2

98

1

1

0

2

8,121

over 10,000, up to 15,000

97

1

1

1

3

97

2

1

1

3

5,904

over 15,000, up to 20,000

97

1

1

1

3

96

3

1

0

4

4,171

over 20,000, up to 25,000

97

1

1

1

3

96

3

1

0

4

2,927

over 25,000, up to 30,000

98

1

1

0

2

96

3

1

0

4

1,828

over 30,000, up to 40,000

96

3

1

0

4

94

5

1

0

6

1,516

over 40,000

96

3

1

0

4

92

6

1

1

8

778

by urban / rural classification:

Large urban areas

97

1

1

1

3

97

2

1

0

3

9,477

Other urban areas

97

1

1

1

3

97

2

1

0

3

8,758

Small "accessible" towns

97

2

1

1

3

96

3

1

1

4

2,706

Small "remote" towns

95

2

2

1

5

94

4

2

0

6

1,363

"Accessible" rural areas

97

2

1

1

3

94

4

1

1

6

3,526

"Remote" rural areas

97

1

1

1

3

95

4

1

1

5

2,437

by frequency of driving: ²

every day

98

1

1

0

2

96

3

1

0

4

11,751

95

2

2

1

5

95

3

1

0

5

2,166

94

2

2

2

6

95

4

1

0

5

1,148