Scotland's People - Results from the 2003 Scottish Household Survey Annual Report

Scotland's People
Results from the 2003 Scottish Household Survey Annual Report

Table 4.57: Perceptions of safety from crime during evening bus travel by sex, age and whether evening bus user
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	Male	Female	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Users of evening buses
Very safe	29	18	19	28	25	23	22	20	23
Fairly safe	61	62	67	58	61	63	58	54	61
Not particularly safe	8	15	12	11	10	11	13	14	12
Not safe at all	1	3	2	3	3	1	3	6	3
Don't know	1	2	1	0	1	2	3	6	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	1,234	1,522	466	490	526	533	547	194	2,756
Non-users of evening buses
Very safe	18	7	19	15	13	13	9	5	12
Fairly safe	35	31	38	40	36	33	28	20	33
Not particularly safe	9	18	16	13	14	13	15	14	14
Not safe at all	6	12	7	7	9	8	10	16	9
Don't know	33	32	20	25	28	33	39	46	32
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	4,722	6,487	658	1,573	2,107	2,729	2,619	1,523	11,209
All
Very safe	20	9	19	18	15	15	11	7	14
Fairly safe	40	37	51	45	41	38	33	24	39
Not particularly safe	9	17	14	12	13	13	15	14	13
Not safe at all	5	10	5	6	8	7	8	14	8
Don't know	26	26	12	19	23	28	33	41	26
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	5,956	8,009	1,124	2,063	2,633	3,262	3,166	1,717	13,965

Table 4.58: Perceptions of safety from crime during evening bus travel by net annual household income and whether evening bus user
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	0 - 6,000	6,001 - 10,000	10,001 - 15,000	15,001 -20,000	20,001 - 25,000	25,001 - 30,000	30,001 - 40,000	Over 40,000	All (income known)
Users of evening buses
Very safe	24	22	18	24	23	26	27	28	23
Fairly safe	57	57	66	59	61	62	65	61	61
Not particularly safe	12	14	11	11	13	11	7	9	11
Not safe at all	5	4	3	3	1	0	2	0	2
Don't know	2	4	1	2	1	1	0	2	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	272	557	572	400	239	205	232	149	2,626
Non-users of evening buses
Very safe	10	9	10	12	15	15	14	16	12
Fairly safe	24	26	33	33	34	35	37	42	33
Not particularly safe	16	15	13	15	14	16	12	11	14
Not safe at all	14	12	10	9	6	6	7	5	9
Don't know	37	38	35	32	31	28	31	26	33
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	922	2,172	2,266	1,575	1,269	947	1,071	633	10,855
All
Very safe	13	12	11	14	16	17	16	19	14
Fairly safe	32	33	40	38	39	40	42	46	39
Not particularly safe	15	15	12	14	14	15	11	11	13
Not safe at all	12	10	9	7	5	5	6	4	7
Don't know	28	30	28	25	26	23	25	21	26
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	1,194	2,729	2,838	1,975	1,508	1,152	1,303	782	13,481

Figure 4-2: Percentage of women and men in each age group who feel walking alone in their local neighbourhood after dark is unsafe

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Table 4.59: Perceptions of safety when walking alone in the local neighbourhood after dark by sex and age
Column percentages, 2003 data
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	26	35	37	40	41	34	21	36
Fairly safe	37	37	42	42	40	36	34	30	37
Not particularly safe	9	20	16	14	13	13	17	18	15
Not safe at all	3	11	7	6	5	6	10	13	7
Don't know	2	5	1	1	2	3	6	17	4
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	5,956	8,009	1,124	2,063	2,633	3,262	3,166	1,717	13,965

Table 4.60: Perceptions of safety when walking alone in the local neighbourhood after dark by net annual household income
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	0 - 6,000	6,001 - 10,000	10,001- 15,000	15,001 -20,000	20,001- 25,000	25,001- 30,000	30,001- 40,000	Over 40,000	All (income known)
Very safe	28	29	30	36	40	44	45	49	37
Fairly safe	35	35	37	39	38	38	40	37	37
Not particularly safe	18	18	17	14	14	13	11	11	15
Not safe at all	12	11	10	8	5	3	3	2	7
Don't know	7	7	6	4	3	2	1	1	4
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	1,194	2,729	2,838	1,975	1,508	1,152	1,303	782	13,481

Table 4.61: Frequency of travelling by train in the evening by sex and age
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	Male	Female	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Most days	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	-	1
At least once a week	2	1	6	3	2	1	1	0	2
At least once a month	3	2	5	3	2	2	1	0	2
Less than once a month	10	8	12	11	10	10	7	2	9
Never	84	87	74	81	85	86	91	97	86
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	5,956	8,009	1,124	2,063	2,633	3,262	3,166	1,717	13,965

Table 4.62: Perceptions of safety from crime during evening train travel by sex, age and whether evening train user
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	Male	Female	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Users of evening trains
Very safe	31	18	24	30	23	21	26	*	25
Fairly safe	59	60	65	57	60	63	52	*	59
Not particularly safe	7	17	9	11	13	12	14	*	12
Not safe at all	1	2	1	1	1	2	4	*	2
Don't know	3	2	1	1	3	3	4	*	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	*	100
Base	833	886	267	358	388	401	267	38	1,719
Non-users of evening trains
Very safe	15	5	13	11	10	11	7	5	10
Fairly safe	32	25	32	37	32	30	23	17	28
Not particularly safe	8	18	15	12	13	13	14	13	13
Not safe at all	5	12	8	8	10	8	9	15	9
Don't know	39	40	33	32	34	38	47	52	39
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	5,123	7,123	857	1,705	2,245	2,861	2,899	1,679	12,246
All
Very safe	17	7	16	15	12	12	9	5	12
Fairly safe	36	30	40	40	36	34	25	17	33
Not particularly safe	8	18	13	12	13	12	14	13	13
Not safe at all	5	11	6	6	8	7	9	15	8
Don't know	34	35	25	26	30	34	43	51	34
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	5,956	8,009	1,124	2,063	2,633	3,262	3,166	1,717	13,965

*Percentages not shown as sample size is less than 100.

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