Bus and Coach Statistics: 2003-04

Statistical Bulletin Transport Series - Trn/2005/1: Bus and Coach Statistics: 2003-04

Table 15 Adults (16+) - views on local bus services of those who used them in the past month ¹ : 2003

			Agree			No view			Disagree			Sample size ² (=100%)
			strongly	tend to	All	neither … nor	no opinion	All	tend to	strongly	All	Sample size ² (=100%)
			row percentages									n =
The buses are on time			17	54	71	8	3	10	14	5	19	5,611
The buses are frequent			22	56	78	6	1	7	11	4	15	5,611
The service runs when I need it			20	55	74	7	1	8	13	5	18	5,611
The service is stable and isn't regularly changing			21	58	79	7	2	9	9	3	12	5,611
The buses are clean			16	56	72	11	0	11	13	4	17	5,611
The buses are comfortable			16	60	76	10	0	10	10	3	13	5,611
I feel personally safe and secure on the bus			24	62	86	7	0	7	5	2	7	5,611
The range and price of tickets is easy to understand			35	56	91	4	3	7	2	0	3	5,611
Finding out about routes and times is easy			23	56	79	7	2	9	9	3	12	5,611
It's easy changing ... to other forms of transport			18	55	73	9	10	19	6	2	8	5,611
The fares are good value			28	42	70	8	4	12	11	7	18	5,611
²Percentages of users of the service (in the past month) who agreed with each statement
	On time	Freq- uent	Runs when need it	Stable	Clean	Comf- ortable	Feel safe and secure	Tickets easy under- stand	Find out routes, times is easy	Easy change other transp.	Fares are good value	Sample size ² (=100%)
	row percentages											n =
All users in the past month	71	78	74	79	72	76	86	91	79	73	70	5,611
by sex:
Male	72	80	76	81	72	76	89	90	79	74	71	2,013
Female	70	77	74	78	72	76	85	91	80	73	69	3,598
by age-group:
16 - 19	61	79	71	82	57	65	79	92	76	77	58	289
20 - 29	67	77	72	79	67	72	81	90	77	77	59	799
30 - 39	70	80	73	78	73	77	84	92	76	75	63	868
40 - 49	68	75	69	77	72	77	86	91	77	72	66	731
50 - 59	69	75	71	77	72	75	87	91	77	71	67	705
60 - 69	76	80	79	80	75	80	92	91	84	74	82	987
70 - 79	76	81	80	80	78	81	89	90	85	71	84	891
80 and over	76	83	84	85	86	82	93	83	84	68	79	341
by current situation ^$:
Self-employed	78	81	74	77	72	75	85	83	69	61	70	102
Employed full-time	68	77	71	79	68	74	87	92	77	74	64	1,427
Employed part-time	67	77	70	77	75	79	86	91	75	70	62	542
Looking after home / family	70	77	75	76	74	78	83	94	79	76	67	487
Permanently retired from work	76	81	81	80	78	81	90	89	85	72	82	1,990
Unemployed and seeking work	68	78	75	84	68	71	82	92	82	82	68	266
Higher / further education	65	80	73	80	65	71	77	88	79	74	56	253
Permanently sick or disabled	69	74	72	78	70	75	78	89	79	77	71	337
by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintiles:
1 (most deprived 20% of areas)	66	77	74	77	65	74	81	92	80	80	74	1,540
2	71	80	76	80	71	78	85	91	81	76	69	1,307
3	75	79	75	80	78	79	91	89	79	73	65	1,018
4	74	78	73	80	75	76	87	89	76	66	67	811
5 (least deprived 20% of areas)	70	79	74	80	75	76	89	91	79	66	70	933
by frequency of use of local bus service:
Every day, or almost every day	68	79	75	79	64	75	85	92	84	78	70	1,404
two or three times per week	71	79	77	81	73	78	88	91	81	74	73	1,736
about once a week	75	79	76	82	76	78	87	92	80	73	69	1,101
once a fortnight, or once a month	69	76	70	75	76	75	84	88	73	68	65	1,370
by type of area of residence
Large urban areas	67	79	76	79	69	77	85	90	79	75	75	2,846
Other urban areas	72	84	76	79	73	77	87	91	78	75	64	1,576
"Accessible" small towns	74	81	72	79	74	76	89	91	82	63	63	453
"Remote" small towns	83	78	70	90	85	85	92	89	80	70	60	118
"Accessible" rural areas	77	60	57	77	79	71	88	91	79	64	58	405
"Remote" rural areas	96	62	67	89	92	83	92	97	90	73	71	213

1. Views on local bus service are sought only from those who said that they had used a local bus service in the past month. Those who had not used a local bus service the past month are not asked these questions about bus services. The interviewer says "To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
Generally, when I use the bus …"
2. Counting both those who "strongly agree" and those who "tend to agree". The base (100%) is all those who had used the service in the past month (including those who said "neither agree nor disagree" or "no opinion"). Therefore, the difference between a figure and 100% is not the same as the percentage of users of the service who disagreed with the relevant statement.
$ 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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