Table 1

Adults (16+) - who reported travelling on the previous day: 1999/2000

Age

All aged 16 +

Sample size

16-19

20-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60-69

70-79

80 and over

percentage of the relevant population sub-group

n =

All adults aged 16+

80%

82%

82%

81%

78%

68%

58%

40%

75%

28,101

by sex:

Male

78%

83%

84%

83%

79%

69%

61%

48%

77%

12,008

Female

81%

81%

81%

80%

76%

67%

55%

36%

73%

16,093

by current situation^$:

Self employed

*

91%

83%

84%

82%

76%

*

*

83%

1,366

Full time employment

79%

86%

88%

88%

88%

82%

*

*

87%

9,076

Part time employment

*

82%

84%

84%

83%

80%

*

*

83%

2,868

Looking after home/family

*

68%

72%

67%

68%

62%

56%

*

67%

2,448

Permanently retired from work

*

*

*

*

77%

67%

57%

40%

59%

8,317

Unemployed and seeking work

*

69%

63%

68%

67%

*

*

*

66%

1,183

Higher/further education

86%

81%

79%

*

*

*

*

*

83%

739

Permanently sick or disabled

*

*

52%

56%

50%

52%

*

*

53%

1,517

by social class:

Professional occupations

*

91%

90%

93%

83%

*

*

*

89%

856

Managerial and technical occs.

*

86%

88%

89%

86%

82%

*

*

87%

4,554

Skilled non-manual occupations

88%

86%

87%

84%

83%

77%

*

*

85%

3,633

Skilled manual occupations

*

85%

86%

84%

85%

73%

*

*

84%

3,394

Partly skilled occupations

84%

82%

82%

81%

82%

75%

*

*

81%

2,571

Unskilled occupations

*

81%

83%

82%

80%

70%

*

*

80%

983

by annual net household income:

up to £ 5,000 p.a.

*

80%

74%

68%

63%

63%

55%

*

63%

2,442

over £5,000, up to £10,000

72%

77%

73%

68%

69%

64%

56%

39%

64%

8,097

over £10,000, up to £15,000

78%

82%

78%

79%

73%

67%

58%

42%

72%

5,875

over £15,000, up to £20,000

84%

86%

84%

80%

82%

75%

58%

*

80%

4,137

over £20,000, up to £25,000

*

85%

84%

85%

84%

72%

*

*

82%

2,898

over £25,000, up to £30,000

*

79%

88%

87%

87%

*

*

*

85%

1,797

over £30,000, up to £40,000

*

83%

89%

91%

86%

*

*

*

88%

1,497

over £40,000

*

*

89%

90%

87%

*

*

*

87%

768

by urban / rural classification:

Large urban areas

78%

82%

81%

79%

78%

67%

59%

41%

74%

9,423

Other urban areas

78%

80%

83%

83%

77%

68%

56%

43%

75%

8,696

"Accessible" small towns

*

81%

83%

82%

76%

66%

56%

40%

75%

2,700

"Remote" small towns

*

81%

76%

87%

76%

73%

65%

*

75%

1,357

"Accessible" rural areas

*

85%

85%

81%

80%

71%

58%

38%

77%

3,497

"Remote" rural areas

*

82%

83%

82%

75%

66%

55%

31%

73%

2,418

Sample size n =

735

3,384

5,705

4,443

4,392

4,263

3,561

1,618

28,101