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Scottish Household Survey Travel Diary results

Table 15

Journeys reported by adults (16+) - day of week: 1999/2000

 

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thur

Fri

Sat

Sun

column percentages

by sex:

Male

46

48

46

48

45

49

48

Female

54

52

54

52

55

51

52

by age:

16-19

6

6

6

6

5

5

6

20-29

15

14

14

12

13

13

14

30-39

23

23

24

21

22

23

23

40-49

18

19

21

22

21

21

21

50-59

17

17

16

18

17

17

17

60-69

12

12

11

13

12

13

12

70-79

7

7

7

7

8

6

6

80 and over

2

2

2

1

2

2

2

by main mode:

Walking

20

19

20

18

19

17

19

Driver Car/Van

50

51

50

51

52

47

51

Passenger Car/Van

15

14

15

16

14

19

23

Bicycle

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Bus

11

10

10

11

10

10

4

Taxi/Minicab

1

1

2

2

2

3

2

Rail

1

1

1

1

2

2

0

Other (inc m/cycle, u/grd, etc)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

by purpose:

Commuting

28

28

28

25

26

11

9

Business

5

6

6

5

5

2

2

Education

4

3

4

4

3

0

0

Shopping

20

20

20

21

23

34

21

Visit hospital or other health

3

2

3

3

3

1

1

Other personal business

7

6

6

8

6

7

8

Visiting friends or relatives

10

10

11

10

10

14

20

Eating/drinking

2

2

2

2

4

6

4

Sport / Entertainment

5

5

5

6

5

8

8

Holiday / day trip

4

4

4

4

3

6

9

Other or not recorded

5

5

5

4

5

4

11

Escort

7

9

6

8

7

7

7

by current situation$:

Self employed

6

6

5

5

5

7

5

Full time employment

43

42

42

43

43

43

45

Part time employment

13

13

14

13

13

11

12

Looking after home/family

8

8

8

8

7

7

7

Permanently retired from work

17

17

18

18

19

18

17

Unemployed and seeking work

3

3

4

4

4

3

4

Higher/further education

4

4

4

4

4

5

4

Permanently sick or disabled

3

3

3

3

4

3

3

by urban / rural classification:

Large urban areas

37

36

39

35

40

40

36

Other urban areas

32

33

30

31

30

33

32

"Accessible" small towns

12

10

9

9

8

8

10

"Remote" small towns

3

2

4

4

4

2

3

"Accessible" rural areas

13

14

12

13

12

10

14

"Remote" rural areas

4

5

7

8

6

6

4

Sample sizes (journeys) (=100%) n=

9,098

10,713

9,340

6,872

7,414

5,176

8,358

$ There are also small numbers described as "at school", "on Government work or training scheme", "unable to work due to short term ill health", or "other"

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