Scotland's People: Results from the 2001/2002 Scottish Household Survey (Volume 7: Annual Report)

Scotland's People Volume 7: results from the 2001/2002 Scottish Household Survey

Table 4-51: Perceptions of safety from crime when travelling by bus in the evening by sex and age and split between bus users and non-users
Column percentages, 2001/2002 data, Adult population

	Male	Female	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Bus users
Very safe	34	21	26	29	27	29	25	21	27
Fairly safe	55	61	62	59	59	58	54	53	58
Not particularly safe	7	13	9	9	10	9	14	13	10
Not safe at all	1	4	2	2	2	2	4	5	3
Don't know	2	2	0	1	2	2	3	7	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	2,735	3,338	1,045	1,169	1,149	1,284	1,049	377	6,073

Non-users
Very safe	25	11	23	20	19	18	14	9	17
Fairly safe	39	36	43	44	42	38	33	25	38
Not particularly safe	9	18	12	14	13	12	15	16	14
Not safe at all	5	11	6	6	6	7	10	14	8
Don't know	23	24	16	16	20	25	28	36	24
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	9,403	13,120	1,268	3,331	4,185	5,317	5,284	3,137	22,522

Table 4-52: Perceptions of safety from crime when travelling by bus in the evening by annual net household income and split between bus users and non-users

Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population

	0 - 6,000	6,001 - 10,000	10,001 - 15,000	15,001 - 20,000	Over 20,000	All
Bus users
Very safe	28	25	24	27	30	27
Fairly safe	55	56	60	60	59	59
Not particularly safe	12	13	11	9	8	10
Not safe at all	3	4	3	2	1	2
Don't know	2	2	2	2	2	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	646	1,336	1,355	825	1,686	5,848

Non-users
Very safe	15	13	15	17	20	17
Fairly safe	31	32	36	40	42	38
Not particularly safe	13	16	15	14	12	14
Not safe at all	11	13	9	7	5	8
Don't know	29	25	25	22	22	24
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	2,152	4,696	4,698	3,304	7,155	22,005

Table 4-53: Frequency of walking in the local neighbourhood in the evening by sex and age

Column percentages, 2001 data only
Adult population

	Male	Female	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Most days	24	16	40	22	22	20	13	5	20
At least once a week	28	23	27	31	30	27	20	8	25
At least once a month	9	9	6	11	11	10	7	5	9
Less than once a month	10	9	6	10	9	11	10	8	10
Never	29	42	20	27	28	32	50	73	37
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	6,206	8,437	1,204	2,365	2,704	3,344	3,215	1,811	14,643

Figure 4-2: Percentage of women and men in each age group who never walk in their local neighbourhood in the evening (2001 data only)

Fig 4-2

Figure 4-3: Percentage of women and men in each age group who feel walking alone in their local neighbourhood after dark is unsafe (2002 data only)

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Table 4-54: Perceptions of safety when walking alone in the local neighbourhood after dark by sex and age
Column percentages, 2002 data only
Adult population

	Male	Female	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Very safe	48	22	34	35	37	38	30	21	34
Fairly safe	36	40	42	43	40	39	34	29	38
Not particularly safe	9	20	16	15	15	13	17	17	15
Not safe at all	4	13	7	7	7	8	12	17	9
Don't know	3	5	1	1	1	2	6	16	4
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	5,968	8,074	1,120	2,149	2,641	3,274	3,134	1,723	14,041

As a result of changes to the questions asked, this table is not comparable with the data from 2001.

Table 4-55: Perceptions of safety when walking alone in the local neighbourhood after dark by annual net household income

Column percentages, 2002 data only
Adult population

	0 - 6,000	6,001 - 10,000	10,001 - 15,000	15,001 - 20,000	Over 20,000	All
Very safe	28	26	29	34	40	34
Fairly safe	34	34	36	39	41	38
Not particularly safe	16	19	17	15	12	15
Not safe at all	14	14	12	8	5	9
Don't know	8	7	5	3	2	4
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	1,189	2,846	2,982	2,008	4,600	13,625

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