The Scottish Government

Table 11

Adults (16+) - who walked or cycled 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 ²

Sample size per quarter (average)

Q 1

Q 2

Q 3

Q 4

Q 1

Q 2

Q 3

Q 4

percentages of the population

n =

Walking

All people aged 16+

53.9

54.0

51.4

53.5

37.7

44.7

43.8

37.9

7,032

by year:

1999

53.6

53.2

50.8

52.4

38.3

43.9

42.6

35.5

3,425

2000

54.1

54.9

51.9

54.7

37.2

45.6

44.9

40.3

3,607

by sex:

men

54.2

52.4

50.2

52.9

39.8

47.7

47.2

42.2

3,015

women

53.6

55.4

52.3

54.1

35.9

42.1

41.0

34.3

4,017

by age:

16 - 19

66.8

74.5

63.6

75.4

29.0

34.4

41.2

28.6

243

20 - 29

66.6

65.5

62.4

63.2

33.3

44.9

40.4

34.3

842

30 - 39

54.7

56.1

54.0

56.0

42.5

47.8

43.7

39.8

1,422

40 - 49

52.2

54.8

49.5

53.1

39.7

48.1

49.7

41.0

1,106

50 - 59

54.2

50.2

51.3

49.7

42.2

46.6

51.7

41.0

1,089

60 - 69

50.2

47.9

50.0

50.4

39.8

47.2

44.3

42.2

1,056

70 - 79

42.4

45.4

41.1

42.8

30.6

39.6

34.7

33.2

879

80 and over

33.1

31.2

30.8

37.8

24.4

23.8

19.0

24.5

395

by current situation ^$:

Self-employed

45.6

46.3

45.8

46.5

46.8

51.8

55.7

51.6

340

Employed full-time

57.0

55.5

51.8

53.4

39.9

47.7

47.3

38.6

2,276

Employed part-time

56.5

59.3

60.1

60.7

41.9

45.6

48.0

42.1

718

Looking after home / family

57.7

58.4

56.7

56.5

34.6

45.7

42.0

32.9

609

Permanently retired from work

45.2

45.0

43.8

45.9

35.6

41.9

38.3

36.6

2,053

Unemployed and seeking work

59.6

65.6

65.3

65.6

38.5

48.6

43.6

40.8

300

Higher / further education

76.5

79.6

67.4

81.5

35.1

43.8

42.1

34.2

190

Permanently sick or disabled

34.4

35.5

37.0

36.0

23.9

27.6

29.0

28.0

364

Cycling

All people aged 16+

2.6

3.5

3.9

2.9

2.3

4.7

5.3

2.7

7,069

by year:

1999

2.4

3.7

4.0

3.0

2.7

4.9

5.4

2.7

3,436

2000

2.8

3.4

3.8

2.8

2.0

4.5

5.2

2.8

3,634

by sex:

men

3.9

4.6

5.0

4.3

3.5

6.4

7.0

3.8

3,029

women

1.5

2.6

3.1

1.8

1.4

3.3

3.9

1.9

4,041

by age:

16 - 19

5.9

8.2

8.3

4.0

2.1

7.8

8.5

2.0

243

20 - 29

3.9

4.3

6.0

4.2

3.3

5.4

7.4

2.7

844

30 - 39

2.9

4.4

5.8

3.8

2.9

7.1

8.6

3.7

1,425

40 - 49

2.1

3.2

3.4

3.2

3.2

5.8

5.6

3.5

1,110

50 - 59

1.9

3.3

3.0

2.1

2.0

4.2

4.0

2.6

1,095

60 - 69

2.2

2.1

2.4

2.2

0.9

2.3

3.2

2.8

1,063

70 - 79

1.7

2.0

1.7

1.5

1.5

1.1

1.7

1.0

887

80 and over

1.4

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.8

0.8

0.3

0.7

403

by current situation ^$:

Self-employed

2.6

3.7

4.5

2.8

4.6

6.1

7.5

2.9

341

Employed full-time

3.1

4.0

4.8

3.5

3.7

6.5

7.3

3.4

2,274

Employed part-time

1.0

4.0

5.5

3.3

1.2

5.6

4.8

3.2

718

Looking after home / family

1.3

2.4

2.1

1.3

1.0

2.8

4.2

1.4

611

Permanently retired from work

1.8

1.9

1.5

1.4

1.2

1.5

2.2

1.4

2,073

Unemployed and seeking work

4.2

6.5

8.4

5.1

1.1

5.8

8.5

3.4

300

Higher / further education

5.7

6.4

6.6

6.9

3.0

7.3

9.1

3.4

191

Permanently sick or disabled

1.3

1.5

0.9

1.2

1.1

1.4

1.2

1.8

379